Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Elantris by Dan Wells, Brandon Sanderson

27 reviews

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

oldladysadie's review against another edition

I made a decent effort to get through this book to become fully caught up on the Cosmere, but the pacing is a bit too slow to keep my interest so far and the worldbuilding is a bit more than I can keep up with right now. I may try to read it again at a later time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Body horror

imbored_soillread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny 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? Yes

5.0

Very very smooth pace for such a long book. Great way to wrap up fantasy as a genre in one singular book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Slavery

iono's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Abandonment, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Classism, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Genocide

Minor: Misogyny, Blood, Slavery, Child death, Death, and Gore

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Violence

Minor: Child death, Suicide, and Sexism

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Confinement

macliffe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Body horror

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Religious bigotry, Murder, and Slavery

jgberokoff's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

Coming off of reading the Mistborn trilogy, Elantris feels very different. This book feels a bit less polished compared to the other Sanderson books I’ve read. However I did really enjoy this book! The first half is pretty slow and is mostly political intrigue. The last ~150 pages take a real left turn and it gets pretty dark at the end. The last section of the book definitely felt rushed but it was really good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

leocancer's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

Moderate: Genocide

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Misogyny