Steelheart
Books

Steelheart

by Brandon Sanderson

2013•Superhero•416 pages

Taste attributes: superheroactionscience fictionteenfastimaginarylinearfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

See which match your taste

Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, fast-moving book, otherwise balanced. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Open Library rating

4.2 / 5

48 ratings

Your matchTake the taste test to see your match

About This Book

There are no heroes, only villains. My father believed that a hero was going to step in, and he died for that belief. Steelheart killed him for seeing that he had a weakness, and no one knows I saw. Now I've spent years getting their weaknesses, and plotting my revenge.

Description: Open Library

Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

SuperheroActionScience fictionTeenFighting evilRescue/escape/jeopardyUnderdog triumphs

Subjects

FantasyYoung adultUrbanGuerrilla warfareScience fictionJuvenile fictionSupervillainsAdventure and adventurers

Details

Author
Brandon Sanderson
Published
2013
Pages
416
Taste scores
How we score

How book matches work

Books are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with the same formula and your own match bands. Book scores are estimates, made from Open Library subjects and descriptions plus an AI reading.

More books

Browse popular fiction and narrative non-fiction, with a match for your taste.

Browse Books