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natistrangman 's review for:
Elantris
by Brandon Sanderson
Don’t be fooled, I may have rated it 4 stars, but only because it just didn’t compare to Warbreaker or B Sando’s other series. I still loved this story and I’m excited that he’s releasing other installments!
B Sando once again shows us that authors can still make strong female characters without it being cliché. Sarene is witty, strong, intelligent, and a trailblazer. She’s “unconventional” for her world but she never makes it a crutch or a defining quality of hers. I just truly admire her character and wish that other authors wouldn’t stick to the one-trick pony that is the no personality “woe is me” girl then making her an assassin or (insert something badass here) trope. BORING.
Raoden is just amazing; you can tell that B.S has a favorite type of character he likes to write for his princes (Raoden, Elend, Adolin). All the golden retriever boyfriends that end up stepping up to be heroes. B.S has me FERAL for these men I’m like gnawing at the bars.
(I am also a bit sad we got robbed of Raoden’s brother, the Mad Prince, and all that it would’ve added to the plot)
My criticism for this book is that it was very slow, but now realizing that there’s more books coming it was all probably setup. The other is that King Iadon’s story was really weird and fast? Like I was confused on how we got there it felt like I missed something important.
I was very confused about what is revealed about her dad and uncle and how it pertains to the story, there’s not enough information given there but I’m sure it’ll be touched upon in the following books. (Side note: it should be CRIMINAL to wait 20+ years for the next book; straight to JAIL)
B Sando once again shows us that authors can still make strong female characters without it being cliché. Sarene is witty, strong, intelligent, and a trailblazer. She’s “unconventional” for her world but she never makes it a crutch or a defining quality of hers. I just truly admire her character and wish that other authors wouldn’t stick to the one-trick pony that is the no personality “woe is me” girl then making her an assassin or (insert something badass here) trope. BORING.
Raoden is just amazing; you can tell that B.S has a favorite type of character he likes to write for his princes (Raoden, Elend, Adolin). All the golden retriever boyfriends that end up stepping up to be heroes. B.S has me FERAL for these men I’m like gnawing at the bars.
(I am also a bit sad we got robbed of Raoden’s brother, the Mad Prince, and all that it would’ve added to the plot)
My criticism for this book is that it was very slow, but now realizing that there’s more books coming it was all probably setup. The other is that King Iadon’s story was really weird and fast? Like I was confused on how we got there it felt like I missed something important.
I was very confused about what is revealed about her dad and uncle and how it pertains to the story, there’s not enough information given there but I’m sure it’ll be touched upon in the following books. (Side note: it should be CRIMINAL to wait 20+ years for the next book; straight to JAIL)