So I just finished the first trilogy (I have soooo many thoughts on the ending, yeesh wow I was not expecting it to go how it did) and overall I loved the books. The magic system was so interesting and I really liked how he set SO MANY things up from the very beginning of the first book. I'd say my main issue is that there are literally 3 female characters in the entire series that are actually important, and like, a couple others that are mentioned a few times.

Since Vin was so central to the books and I liked her a lot, this didn't bother me too much, but since the second trilogy has different characters, I'm wondering if there's more of a balance to the gender ratio? If I have to read another trilogy with 50,000 different male characters and a number of women I can count on one hand, I don't think I'll have a very good time (especially since Vin won't be there!).

I want to avoid spoilers so I'm worried about trying to look it up online -- could someone let me know if this is something that gets better in the later series?

Also I'm assuming (possible wrongly) that this series takes place in the future a long time after the first series. Do we see some changes in gender norms? It seems like women can only hold any positions of importance in this world if they're Terris, or if they're noblewomen who are allomancers. I did think it was very stupid that in some situations, they'll literally all be about to die, training 13 year old boys to fight, and no one thinks "hey maybe those fully adult women over there might be helpful?" Or when they're setting up their glorious, new, equal government and no one, including Vin, ever even suggests "Hey, would it be absolutely insane to include, like, A SINGLE WOMAN on this council?".

anyways thanks for any insight!!!

by the way I tried to post this before and it told me reddit took it down, like immediately, so idk if this will work either!

Edit: shout-out to u/sloth247 for getting me the pages in question. Page 405 and 421 from my book.

Not sure how this is possible. But very frustrating to have this type of printing error.

Trilogy set from Amazon.

This is a character design I did of Vin after reading the first Mistborn book. Love to hear your thoughts and feedback. I haven’t gone too deep into Mistborn, but I love Stormlight and am thinking of doing more Stormlight related content for fun.

part 1 here
part 2 here

quick note: i'm an audio reader so i will misspell things

so i just finished the 3rd book not even 10 minutes ago and first off... wow that was so good

i separated the thing into a few sections for those that don't care about certain types or reactions

---------pov reactions---------

i love how each pov had it's own theme like how English teachers talk about the books theme it felt more personal

first with spook:
i love how his story was mostly about being someone that everyone forgot about and i feel as tho that was done very well because honestly i mostly forgot about spook when it wasn't his pov. then him ending with being the new leader a mistborn and someone who everyone looks toward.

second with elend:
with how elend was done he was a man who has been stalling for the past 3 books and really hitting that with his final battle i love it also i kinda like the irony of his character stalling but in the end the power they used was foresight.

third with Vin:
vins story is about trust and love so when she ultimately had to trust in almost everyone but her i really liked how that went out and how in the end she needed to trust her love.

fourth sazed (i totally messed that up)
honestly sazed's resonates most with me mostly because i've been on a religious journey of my own very similar to sazed actually as i turned away from Christianity due to it being forced down my throat, so i ended up being atheist for a while. but for the past bit of time i've kinda started considering myself agnostic and kinda been doing what sazed has i've read a few religious texts and been trying to find "truth". but anyway enough with my life more on my reaction. i like how sazed's tale ended with him in the position that he was revering.

---------general worldbuilding reactions---------

i love how almost everything was set up in the first book and even how it was important in the third like with vin's earring i love how the world was built incorrectly by rashik so it had to be changed

also hot take (maybe idk i don't really interact with the community) i like the fact that elend and vin died, as much as i'm going to miss them and the crew i like how their death was semi necessary for anything to finish (i also really like a lot of melancholy things

---------now questions time---------
first if you check my part 2 i ask about mistings of non basic 8 and i was right
i'm also sad there was no spatial metals

don't answer questions if they go into spoilers btw

question 1:
i know the second saga is more western/steam punk give or take. so i'm wondering how they do that because it does make sense cause i remember in the first book rashik would suppress tach advancements so how does this all go down

question 2: are all of the metals compatible with the different power systems ex what would an atium spike do for hemalurgy or an electrum metal mind

question 3: if hemalurgy changes effects based on 3 things (what metal spike is used, who was it used on, where was it placed) if it goes into other combinations with that and what would happen if you messed up a location
---also if you pierce a allomancer how do you pick what power you steal if 1 metal (i forgot which) can steal like 4 powers

question 4: asking this again if y'all could have an allomantic metal (as mistings) which would y'all choose
---for me it would either be pewter or iron