A review by fleygotrophy
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

- For a very first published novel it's a high quality read.
- There are a lot of elements I liked:
political schemes that interacted with each other, reflection of the characters themselves, strong female lead in a society where that's rare - and she's successful a lot of the time, the thoughts and emotions of characters are comprehensible - even the villain, the villain turns from the dark side to a grey side, mysterious and intriguing magic system, a lot of sub plots that just make sense while flowing into each other - plus the plot-twists they work with/ are caused by them
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