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4.11 AVERAGE
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
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:
Complicated
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-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
This book was the real deal. Incredible world building, extraordinary unique concept, compelling characters. An epic battle: of political and religious warfare, with very little actual fighting. The religious warfare bit and its resolutions were very intriguing knowing Sanderson’s own faith.
I LOVED this book and could not put it down. I can’t believe this is regarded as his “weakest” work. (In fact, the lack of drawn out action scenes made the book better imo, I get so bored reading those) Only small nit is that the climactic points in the story were one liners, would have liked to stay in those moments for longer!
I LOVED this book and could not put it down. I can’t believe this is regarded as his “weakest” work. (In fact, the lack of drawn out action scenes made the book better imo, I get so bored reading those) Only small nit is that the climactic points in the story were one liners, would have liked to stay in those moments for longer!
"Starting the Cosmere" has been on the "goals" page of every single one of my reading journals since 2021 and I'm so glad I finally did it!!
I was a bit scared because I've seen some people say not to start with Elantris because it's not as good as his other books so you'd be setting yourself up for failure but I really enjoyed it. I LOVE political intrigue in fantasy and that was definitely one of the prominent aspects of the novel.
Of course this is the only one I have read so far but I think it was a great book to start with because there is not a lot of magic so I was able to get a good grasp of the writing, characters (whom I also loved), and of the universe without getting overwhelmed by the magic system. It still took some time and effort to get used to the names, countries, and terms in the different languages used by the characters but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
Can't wait to pick up the first Mistborn trilogy next :)
I was a bit scared because I've seen some people say not to start with Elantris because it's not as good as his other books so you'd be setting yourself up for failure but I really enjoyed it. I LOVE political intrigue in fantasy and that was definitely one of the prominent aspects of the novel.
Of course this is the only one I have read so far but I think it was a great book to start with because there is not a lot of magic so I was able to get a good grasp of the writing, characters (whom I also loved), and of the universe without getting overwhelmed by the magic system. It still took some time and effort to get used to the names, countries, and terms in the different languages used by the characters but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
Can't wait to pick up the first Mistborn trilogy next :)