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devinjking's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
dannys_book_corner's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
kimreads11's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
naimar's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
I enjoyed this book but it’s definitely not my favorite cosmere book. Raoden and Sarene, while great characters, didn’t really feel like they went through much internal development. Hrathen was very interesting, probably the most interesting character to me. I also feel like Sanderson’s later books are better at the pacing of a magical mystery type of story.
deereader's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
neahh's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
alliebee6077's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
mooseabs's review against another edition
5.0
I've spent the last two hours yelling and throwing my phone around (it was an ebook) while finishing Elantris. It is rare that a book gets you high in that way, and that feeling is always welcome.
Sanderson is a genius. A standalone fantasy novel is not something I'd readily go for. Considering the amount of time it takes for proper world building and narrating an engaging story with enough elements to make it eligible for high fantasy, a single book instead of a series would prove detrimental, but this guy pulled it off remarkably well, although the writing in the end was marked by haste, and a profound lack of subtlety.
Out of all the plots in the book, I was really touched by the religious conflict portrayed in it, which was very well expounded. I realize that it was the writer's experience as a Mormon missionary that allowed him to explore the depths of the topic, something I found extremely relatable, having been in a similar situation.
The character contrast, like in Mistborn (the only other series I read by Sanderson) was Mashallah quality. Like, seriously, how does he include so many facets of personalities in a single group of people? Hecking amazeballs.
Oh, and this got me interested in reading about Sanderson. The guy had apparently written 12 novels and all of them were unpublished till Elantris went into print. I'm so happy that he's starting to get due now.
Sanderson is a genius. A standalone fantasy novel is not something I'd readily go for. Considering the amount of time it takes for proper world building and narrating an engaging story with enough elements to make it eligible for high fantasy, a single book instead of a series would prove detrimental, but this guy pulled it off remarkably well, although the writing in the end was marked by haste, and a profound lack of subtlety.
Out of all the plots in the book, I was really touched by the religious conflict portrayed in it, which was very well expounded. I realize that it was the writer's experience as a Mormon missionary that allowed him to explore the depths of the topic, something I found extremely relatable, having been in a similar situation.
The character contrast, like in Mistborn (the only other series I read by Sanderson) was Mashallah quality. Like, seriously, how does he include so many facets of personalities in a single group of people? Hecking amazeballs.
Oh, and this got me interested in reading about Sanderson. The guy had apparently written 12 novels and all of them were unpublished till Elantris went into print. I'm so happy that he's starting to get due now.