Most people who know me well (or at all, really,) know that I'm a big Sanderson fan. Sanderson's books are my go-to books to recommend for fantasy or science-fiction lovers that I come across. I've definitely recommended Sanderson to more than one library patron who was perusing the fantasy shelves. 
 I kind of regard Sanderson as this crazy, super-human, genius, writer-man. He can do anything. He can write like mad, he can write fast, and he can write well. His worlds are fleshed out; his magic systems are intricate, explained, and detailed. He tends to have good characters. 
 At least, he has some good characters. 
 And now I come to something that disappoints me. For Sanderson's other books, I've been able to push this aside and love them anyway. Reading this book, however, I could not do it. 
 Guys, Sanderson is consistently disappointing me. 
 Let's do some counting. 
 Main male characters in Steelheart: 
 - David 
 - Prof 
 - Cody 
 - Abraham 
 - Nightwielder 
 - Steelheart 
 Main female characters: 
 -Megan 
 -Tia 
 Okay, now total male character count (small, unimportant characters included) 
 At least 13 (I probably missed some) 
 Total female character count: 
 6. 
 Guys. 
 There were double male characters than female. 
 Guys. 
 The world is fifty/fifty. 
 The fact that it's in Steelheart is bad enough, but this is pretty much consistent in every one of Sanderson's books. Understand why I'm disappointed and having a harder time blindly adoring Sanderson now? 
 Yeah... 
 Moving on to the other aspects of the book: 
 Plotwise: It was awesome. The idea of superheroes being realistically corrupted by their power is great. The plot and premise are unique and exciting. No complaints there. 
 The setting: Again, it was well-described and unique. No complaints. 
 The characters: In general, they were really good. The male ones at least. 
 I hated the treatment of Megan though and how most of her merit seemed to be the fact that she had curves and was super hot. Not cool. She did have added depth, and I liked that, but I was disappointed that David fell for her solely because she was hot (and kept mini grenades in her bra.) 
 Really, the thing that annoyed me the most was the whole male vs female thing mentioned above. The story was well-told, engaging, and full of action. 
 Honestly, this book deserves four-stars for the writing, but I'm so mad about the sexism (accidental or not,) that I'm taking it down to three stars.