[Book Review] - Steelheart - Brandon Sanderson

Steelheart is the first book in the Reckoners trilogy, written by Brandon Sanderson, and published here by Aleph. 

At the beginning of the story, the author makes us aware of a fact where on a random day a star appeared in the sky and people began to present the most varied superpowers. As I took the book to read without even knowing the synopsis, I imagined it would be a common story about superheroes. But there are simply no heroes! The Epics, so-called those with superpowers, fight each other for power and this story takes place in New Chicago, a place dominated by the Steelheart, which has the power to turn things around into steel and is apparently invulnerable.

Our protagonist, David, is a survivor of a certain event where he ended up losing his father at the hands of the  Steelheart, but for a brief moment, he realized that Epic was not entirely invulnerable. As such, David grows obsessed and studying to discover the weaknesses of all Epics and eliminate them. He also wants to be part of the Reckoners, a group that has the same goal in common.

I had long wanted to know the writing of this author, who was so well known by the Mistborn series, and now I understand the reason for his popularity. The writing is very fluid, he has wonderful creativity, and his ability to describe action scenes is excellent to the point of making it look like we are watching it instead of reading it.

The main character, while being intelligent and knows how to improvise in dangerous situations, he also shows "silly" and exciting youthful behavior. But at no time is this negative! In fact, this brings an air of realism to him that makes us understand his motivations and determination to defeat the Epics, but that shows us he is still young and is maturing little by little.

The other characters are well inserted in the plot with well-defined personalities. The book is very humorous and among the group of reckoners, we have the feeling that, even in that hostile city, the members see themselves as a family even if they do not use words for that. The group's notion of respect is not only directed at the leader.

The secrets are discovered little by little. This is an extremely positive thing because I felt perfectly in tune with the characters' reasoning. Some questions about the plot were not answered in this book, but I believe they will be in the next books of the trilogy since the author concludes Steelheart in a way that encourages you to want to read the next volumes soon after.

Brandon Sanderson is a man of captivating writing. You will definitely want to see your other books.

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