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jenny_king 's review for:
Elantris
by Brandon Sanderson
Here it is - my first finished Brandon Sanderson. You can’t read up on high fantasy recommendations without his name appearing on both the Adult and YA sides, so I have been meaning to get to him for a while. But with a massive backlist I decided to do my research on where to start. There are lots of differing opinions on this - his books are all set in the same universe but outside of the collections they are not really connected. But despite people’s feelings around Elantris actually being one of his weaker works, I liked the idea of starting with a stand alone so that I could get a sense of his writing style, and yet also have the knowledge that the books would only get better.
But I was amazingly surprised by how much I enjoyed this, not only because the heroine was an absolute badass, but all the other supporting characters were amazing, and the villains were incredible. Give me a book where a villain can make me so angry that I just want to jump into the story to punch him in the face, and you are onto a winner. But aside from the characters, the world building and development of the religious and political society was incredibly well done. I never felt lost at any point, or felt like I needed more information.
Finally, the writing style was excellent- it was compelling to the point that I didn’t want to put the book down. But more than that it was amazingly funny in parts, which is something that I feel is missing from some fantasy novels (outside of Terry Pratchett). So overall I can’t wait to dive into the Mistborn trilogy and then go from there.
But I was amazingly surprised by how much I enjoyed this, not only because the heroine was an absolute badass, but all the other supporting characters were amazing, and the villains were incredible. Give me a book where a villain can make me so angry that I just want to jump into the story to punch him in the face, and you are onto a winner. But aside from the characters, the world building and development of the religious and political society was incredibly well done. I never felt lost at any point, or felt like I needed more information.
Finally, the writing style was excellent- it was compelling to the point that I didn’t want to put the book down. But more than that it was amazingly funny in parts, which is something that I feel is missing from some fantasy novels (outside of Terry Pratchett). So overall I can’t wait to dive into the Mistborn trilogy and then go from there.