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• Mistborn Kept Proving Me Wrong — A Retrospective July 26, 2026

  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 ...

• Mistborn Diary — Book Three: The Hero of Ages July 12, 2026

  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 June 16, 2026

  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 May 26, 2026

  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 ...