Reviews

Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson

fantasmica_lectora's review against another edition

4.0

Nota: 8/10

Iba a ciegas, fue un regalo de cumpleaños pero.... Cómo me ha gustado! Me ha parecido un libro muy bien construido, tan construido que tantísimo lore me perdía jajajajaj.

Pensaba que el tener 3 narradores me aburriría, pero para nada! Sí que es cierto que los que más disfrutaba eran el de los príncipes, pero los 3 te aportaban información importante sobre la trama.

Mi personaje favorito es Sarene, una chica decidida, muy lista y con carácter, pero sobretodo me gusta que sea tan alta (soy una chica muy alta, y ver personajes como este me enamoran, estoy bastante cansada de chicas que son bajísimas uwu :,) ), Raoden también me ha gustado por su intelecto y por cómo ve las cosas.

Sobretodo el último cuarto del libro me ha enganchado muchísimo: giros de trama, acciones que no te esperas... Una maravilla ! Y leer los comentarios de Sanderson al final lo redondea más, me alegro que quitara la trama del Rey Loco jajaja.

Sin duda leeré más libros de este autor!

lomsikka's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

maaikeo's review against another edition

5.0

Really liked this one!

igarsu's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious medium-paced

3.75

molok's review against another edition

3.0

The magic system was super interesting and it had some great parts. I liked 2 out of 3 of the main story lines but really had to slog through the 3rd which made the book drag a lot in the middle. Worth reading but it is the weakest Sanderson book I've read so far. The end was great though. Left me with lots of "Cosmere" questions and excited to continue reading Sanderson's Cosmere books.

melusinesmusings's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

svenoutofsven's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-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

4.0

vctr's review against another edition

4.0

Gostei do livro no geral, achei o começo meio parado e o final não me agradou muito. Acho que faltou desenvolver alguns personagens mas nada demais. A parte mais interessante é a "cena pós-crédito" que se complementa com outros livros da Cosmere, estou ansioso pra como isso vai se resolver.
Vale a pena ler, mas os outros livros da Cosmere são melhores

evajcarlson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

eatreadgamerepeat's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book is kind of Wild. Its extremely slow at the start, and then I wanna say about halfway through the book all of a sudden it starts ramping up and so much happens in the last 200ish pages of the book its hard to keep track. The Premise of the story & the world is also very interesting and I loved finiding out more about Elantris and magic along with the characters. I also want to add that while I didn't actively dislike any of the characters I also didn't consistenly like any of the characters. I think I probably thought every POV character was being annoying or dumb or just the literary personification of an eye-roll at least once throughout this book. That being said, Sandersons Writing, even at for this, his debut novel, is amazing and when I wasn't super feeling the POV or thought it was moving too slowly the writing made it easy to keep reading. Even though its very slow and full of political scheming, it read almost like watching Season 1 of the Game of thrones TV show (without all the violence and gore and sex). I really wouldn't recommend starting with this if you are new to Sanderson, I would personally recommend Warbreaker or Mistborn. 

I also want to add (some spoilers for the ending)

Spoiler

the ending is just...convenience after convenience after convenience after convenience.  It just felt so stupid like, oh we need X - 2 lines later X magically happens/appears/shows up with no real buildup or reason why this would work. Also like, I know Sanderson isn't the only person who has done this but why are we curing autistic-coded characters that are "good with numbers" and he can now magically tell Roaden the exact distance to Sarene...like its just so convenient and kinda just took me back because I wouldn't expect this from Sanderson, and then there are just lots of little other conveniences but honestly I can't be bothered to type them all out lol

  I could kinda go on a big rant but the more I think about this and the specifics of this the more im just tempted to lower this to a 3.....im mostly just dissapointed in these things because I know the author can (and has) done better - like, I loved some of his other works and the ending just...I have So many little gripes, but they are all contained to the ending of the book and yea it was conveniences but it was still a great read that especially at the end felt very cinematic