There are hints towards the end of the book that point to the reasons for this change in psyche of ordinary human to mad men and women, but it I don’t think it will be until the next book we get some answers. What’s that old adage, “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Overall the approach works, but due to the whimsical and flamboyant pseudonyms they take for themselves I found it a little hard to take them seriously, even when death and destruction follow in their wake. We have fantastical groups of villains, though once human have been granted a cornucopia of staggering abilities and instead of benefiting human kind decide to rule it. This is neither a good or bad thing but should be taken up on it own merits. The best way I can description the world Sanderson is laying out for us is a bastardised smash up of Watchmen and Superman’s DC Universe. Is it a bird? Is it a Plane? Is it a 1990’s Rock band? No, its tyrannical super-human dictator, hell bent of crushing the will of the masses! Ridiculous name and all.
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