Rating: 1.5/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 Everything changed after Calamity came. Ordinary people began to develop supernatural powers, and they became known as Epics. They aren't like other humans. They don't feel the same emotions, they're only focused on power. Chicago is now ruled by a major Epic named Steelheart. He's practically untouchable, and nobody knows his weakness, which is the one thing that would be able to kill him. In fact, nobody has ever seen him injured, period. Except David. When Steelheart first came to Chicago, he visited a bank where David and his dad were. During a showdown at the bank, David's father accidentally hit Steelheart with a bullet - and he actually bled. Now his father is dead, and David is looking for vengeance. The Reckoners are a group that devote their life to taking down Epics, and David wants to join them so he can finally get revenge for what Steelheart did to his father. 
 I was quite excited to read this book because I hear such great things about Brandon Sanderson. Needless to say, I'm not quite disappointed because this wasn't as amazing as I had hoped it would be. I spent the majority of this book quite bored. I think my biggest issue with this book was that I couldn't really connect with David. Sanderson created an interesting and detailed universe, he really did. But in my opinion, a universe is nothing without a main character, or several main characters, that you can connect and empathize with. Unfortunately, I didn't really like David, therefore I didn't get that sort of connection with him. Without that character I could identify with, I feel like the rest of the world couldn't make up for it. 
 Aside from the issue of character, this novel really leaves you guessing. And guessing. And guessing some more. In fact, we don't really know very much about what's happening at all, because Epics are such a big mystery. What caused them? Calamity. Maybe. And what's Calamity? This star-like thing in the sky. So what are Epics? We don't really know. What makes them different than humans, besides the powers? We don't know. So.. what do we know? Well, Epics are bad. I really wish I came out of this novel learning SOMETHING about Epics but I really didn't. When phenomenon in novels aren't explained well, that's a big downside for me. 
 Overall, I expected a lot more than I got from this book, and I guess that was my biggest mistake. I always try not to go into a book with high expectations for reasons like this, but I guess with such a well acclaimed writer I couldn't really help it. I don't think I'll be picking up the next book unless David becomes more likeable or the universe gets explained better. Perhaps if you don't have as much of an issue with not knowing things as I do you'll enjoy this more, but if a ton of questions and not enough answers bothers you like it does for me, I don't think you'll enjoy this all that much.