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Elantris (Full Book Parts 1 - 3) by Brandon Sanderson

8 reviews

karlin0336's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

For a debut novel, this one is amazing!  

The pacing definitely isn't as good as in Sanderson's later books.  The beginning is soooo slow and really confusing on your first readthrough (it was a whole lot less confusing the second time around when I understood what all the made-up fantasy terms meant).  Once it gets going, though, it REALLY gets good.  The ending was just as action-packed and mind-blowing as Sanderson's later books.  And of course, there were all the plot twists.  

I'm really looking forward to the continuation of this series in the very near future!  It will be especially exciting to learn more about this book's magic system.

Hrathen is by far my favorite character now, which is funny because I absolutely HATED him at the beginning of my first readthrough.  His character development is amazing in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, War, and Classism

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

While a religious crusade isn't quite the backdrop for a plot that I prefer, I quite enjoyed the world building, the magic system, and some of the characters were quite charming and well developed.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

teyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

I'm conflicted on this one. The story was amazing, but soooo many unchallenged problematic biases seeped into the world-building.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Death, Suicide, and Violence

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

I can’t believe it, but Elantris is now kind of my favourite book by Brandon Sanderson (that I’ve read so far). I absolutely loved it. I loved the quiet struggles and political intrigue. The characters were so varied and fun. The whole mythos surrounding everything was constantly a mystery. And Sarene as a character was just kind of perfect, honestly! I really enjoyed it and can’t wait for future stories to come!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mahra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

4 ⭐️ That was so good! I really enjoyed this book. The world and the magic systems were beautifully crafted. I really enjoyed the characters. 

However, the pacing was a bit off. The story took a while to pick up for certain characters (not the main character, though).

I liked the ending but not the way it was written. The POVs were changing very rapidly and it was not enjoyable to read. I also had a few issues with the prose.

PS: Lightsong was my favorite. I'm still thinking about him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

proza's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism

auliarach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

christian08's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, and War