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Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

marylu412's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense 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

stormiweather's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

kiwireadsthecosmere's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

lenklink's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

kayleebaylee8's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

oldreader1678's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

irnhlo's review against another edition

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3.75

It wasn’t fair on Elantris to read this as a breather in between Rhythm Of War and Wind And Truth but at this point I am all in on reading the entire Cosmere so it had to slot in somewhere. Elantris is not a bad book by ANY means. By almost any other fantasy standard it is exceptional. It’s just not peak-Sanderson and so it’s a shame when the characters don’t give you that warm and fuzzy feeling; when the incidents are spread a bit too thin; when the intrigue isn’t always there. All that said, before Wind… I’m going to hoover up the 2 Elantris shorts within Arcanum and I’d devour a sequel. This just had a lot to live up to, and personally for me, I found it a little lacking in the key things I love most about Sanderson’s later work. 

miniefa374's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.25

jhincks95's review against another edition

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4.0

4.0

visceralrealist's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 stars