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Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

23 reviews

navyredrose's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

livid_olive's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

giulianalb99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Primer libro publicado de Sanderson. Después de haberme leído “El Imperio Final” este me ha parecido también muy bueno aunque a veces se hacía un poco lento y me sobraban algunas explicaciones. Se nota en este libro comparándolo con otros del autor que ha evolucionado bastante su manera de escribir. Me ha parecido súper curioso lo de los aones y toda Elantris, tanto sus habitantes como su magia y la Shaod. Totalmente recomendable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, and War

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

petitemass15's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Murder, and War

anastasiamakes's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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? No

4.0

Some more top-notch fantasy from Brandon Sanderson. I didn't love it quite as much as Mistborn era 1 - I just didn't gel with one of the POVs and felt myself rushing through those bits to get to the others, and the ending didn't feel as powerful to me - but I appreciated having a little standalone reading 'break' in my Sanderson journey!

Elantris spends more time exploring the politics if and relationships in a fantasy world, more than the magical elements of it, which I personally enjoyed but others may not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Terminal illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery and Suicidal thoughts

reneebkreviews's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Slavery, and Suicide

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Sexism, Torture, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

time4tori2read's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

entranced_reader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder