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A review by romankurys
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
3.0
So I finally decided to try Brandon Sanderson's stand alone work.
He certainly engineered a whole new world, different from the usual fantasy world. It has its own nations, it's religions, it's political struggles and its own version of magic.
It is very well thought through and very well done. Story flows smooth but there are so many typos that I can't help but find it hard to get fully immersed. I don't think I have ever read a book with this many typos. It almost seems like no one looked through before it went to print. I don't mind a misspelled word or two, but it's hard to stay immersed when I stumble over words trying to figure out what it was trying to say. Immersion breaking, so that's a star off.
Second star I took off because I found that the first 80% of the book I was sort of taken along for the ride and was learning the world more so then anything else. I love fantasy novels and I love getting immersed into new worlds, so that is not it, I'm used to flipping Back and forth from text to glossary. It was just that I could put the book down at any point. Mid chapter, end of chapter, one page into the chapter. At any point. And I wouldn't long to find out what happens next.
Now the ending was simply fabulous! It made up for a droll that the rest of the book was. It was explosive, well done, eventful, adrenaline pumping, tying everything together, giving a glimpse of the future. It's was great! But it was only about 10% of the book. The rest was still a bit boring.
I suspect once I come back to Sanderson's World, I'll immerse a lot quicker and find it more exciting right from the get go. (Or at least I hope so), but all in all Elantris was just an ok read. Not great, not bad. It was ok. I can see good potential, so will definitely come back for more Sanderson.
Try if you're in a mood for exploration ;)
Roman
He certainly engineered a whole new world, different from the usual fantasy world. It has its own nations, it's religions, it's political struggles and its own version of magic.
It is very well thought through and very well done. Story flows smooth but there are so many typos that I can't help but find it hard to get fully immersed. I don't think I have ever read a book with this many typos. It almost seems like no one looked through before it went to print. I don't mind a misspelled word or two, but it's hard to stay immersed when I stumble over words trying to figure out what it was trying to say. Immersion breaking, so that's a star off.
Second star I took off because I found that the first 80% of the book I was sort of taken along for the ride and was learning the world more so then anything else. I love fantasy novels and I love getting immersed into new worlds, so that is not it, I'm used to flipping Back and forth from text to glossary. It was just that I could put the book down at any point. Mid chapter, end of chapter, one page into the chapter. At any point. And I wouldn't long to find out what happens next.
Now the ending was simply fabulous! It made up for a droll that the rest of the book was. It was explosive, well done, eventful, adrenaline pumping, tying everything together, giving a glimpse of the future. It's was great! But it was only about 10% of the book. The rest was still a bit boring.
I suspect once I come back to Sanderson's World, I'll immerse a lot quicker and find it more exciting right from the get go. (Or at least I hope so), but all in all Elantris was just an ok read. Not great, not bad. It was ok. I can see good potential, so will definitely come back for more Sanderson.
Try if you're in a mood for exploration ;)
Roman