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Just finished my Reckoners re-read and wanted to share some thoughts. I thought about making a topic but decided this is fine. Spoilers for a bunch of things, not just Reckoners.

Tia’s death hit me way harder than it has in the past, that whole scene is CRAZY. Tia getting shot with dozens of bullets accidentally, Prof going crazy and melting the entire building, sending dozens to their deaths, so many other things, it’s just so insane. If Reckoners is ever made into a movie (which it should be, it’s Brandon’s most cinematic series imo, followed by Mistborn Era 2 and Legion. (I just realized those are basically just all of his books with Guns. Guns=Cinematic apparently.)) there’s no way it isn’t Rated R. These scenes are hecking graphic. Really, this is one of Brandons bloodiest series, I think Legion is the only other book that comes close, that scene at the end with all the Aspects being gunned down is brutal. Anyway, Reckoners has some bloooody scenes. Val and Exel getting force-fielded to death, Abraham’s arm getting chopped off, Loophole (minor Epic and antagonist that I always forget about, able to shrink things) growing to full size in a small crack so they literally just....squish. Even the opening scene is a hecking MASSACRE. Deathpoint and his powers are one of the most terrifying things I’ve read in a while. That’s such an amazing scene though, it’s so pivotal to everything. 

Speaking of pivotal scenes, the climax of book 3 is so good. Larcenies being Calamity is such a good twist, it has just enough foreshadowing for you to notice on a reread, but not enough that you’d see it coming. I do wish we had some more lore on what he is exactly. Some sort of higher lifeform i guess. I did notice that he swears “By the Eternal Sparks” similar to how everyone normally just says “Sparks”. I wonder how those are connected. I really hope we get more Reckoners stuff, but I kinda doubt it.