I love Stephen’s interaction with his hallucinations and the hallucinations have a fascinating relationship with each other.
J.C, Ivy, Tobias, and Audrey easily took the spotlight of the book for me. The side characters-the aspects/hallucinations-have such distinctive and well-fleshed out personality. Although the story was told exclusively from Stephen’s perspective in first person POV, to me it was the side characters that made Stephen’s character felt more alive.
The characters of the book may not be included in some of the best characters that Sanderson ever wrote, but they were still well-written. “All the things that matter in life are the things you can’t measure.” In my opinion, not only Sanderson greatly explored how scary mental illness can be, if you’ve read a lot of Sanderson’s books then you should also realize that he pretty much channeled himself brilliantly into the character of Stephen Leeds within the final section of the series to conclude the trilogy on an intimate note. Lies of the Beholder ended on a bittersweet and personal (for Sanderson) note. I know that there will be a lot of readers disappointed by how the story ended but I personally loved it. This brings the third book to be my favorite of the trilogy it was intense, well-written, and well-paced. The tone of the story in the first two books was light-hearted and fun, but the third book took a darker tone as Stephen deals with his declining mental state more. I traded it for mediocrity and some measure of sanity.” “You should know by now that I’ve already had greatness. Finally, the third and final book concluded Stephen Leeds story wonderfully. The second book was a great improvement as the pages count increased, there was more room to develop the story and characters that have been introduced in the previous installment. The first book introduced us to the characters and the setting nicely but admittedly, although I enjoyed this one, it was still too short even for a novella. Each book in the trilogy features a standalone story. At its core, this is a detective story tinged with a bit of superhero aspect. The story in this trilogy is centered on Stephen Leeds and his hallucinations. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad.” “My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. If you haven’t read any of the trilogy, I strongly suggest you get this edition. Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds is an omnibus that encapsulated Sanderson’s Legion trilogy into one volume, specifically, Legion, Legion: Skin Deep, and Legion: Lies of the Beholder. This omnibus was my second venture into Sanderson’s non-Cosmere book/trilogy the first one being Snapshot. Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sandersonįun and thrilling to dark, poignant and intimate, Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds have them all.
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