Shraddha Puntambekar

Bioinformatics Scientist

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Mistborn Kept Proving Me Wrong — A Retrospective

11 minute read

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I went into Mistborn on a completely clean slate. During The Final Empire, I could imagine many plausible endings. During The Well of Ascension, I thought I had begun to understand Sanderson’s way of thinking. By The Hero of Ages, I had given up guessing altogether.

Mistborn Diary — Book Three: The Hero of Ages

4 minute read

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Part 3 of my Mistborn WhatsApp diary. I began Book Three bored and unable to keep reading. Halfway through, I had stopped guessing entirely. And then everything came together.

Mistborn Diary — Book Two: The Well of Ascension

7 minute read

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Part 2 of my Mistborn WhatsApp diary. History was obviously repeating itself — I was sure of it. I was also sure Zane was Vin’s brother Reen. That theory survived approximately 41 minutes.

Mistborn Diary — Book One: The Final Empire

5 minute read

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I had never heard of Mistborn. Then a friend recommended it and it took over my days. What follows is my WhatsApp diary! - what I messaged her with timestamps, wrong theories, and my excited mumblings to her as I was reading The Final Empire.