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Elantris (Elantris, #1)

Brandon Sanderson

Start date: December 3, 2012

Finish date: December 31, 2012

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Nov 16, 2016 Carrie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, favorites, magic, book-boyfriend, favorite-authors, epic-fantasy, disfigured-injured-scarred-ill, heroine-i-adore, kickass-spirited-strong, masquerade-hide-your-face-identity

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5 stars really doesn't give this book justice. Mr. Sanderson please take all the stars.

I did not want this book to end, hence the length of time it took for me to actually read it. I slowly savoured each chapter, page, paragraph, sentence, word...this was more then just a story, this was a connection, a forever with you always connection.

Thank you Brandon Sanderson for creating this world and these people. You made me smile, cry, love, hate. So many emotions, a sign of ...more

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Jul 03, 2015 SFReader rated it really liked it

In my continued quest to read books from authors I've never read before, I decided I should start on some of Brandon Sanderson's works. This is the first of his books and the first that I've read. And I can see why he's become popular.

Premise: The city of Elantris was the city of the gods--when random people were transformed into shining white near-immortals with the power to wield the magic called Dor, they were sent to the city to live out the life of gods. But something has gone wrong. Now, i ...more

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Apr 19, 2021 Shhhh... Books rated it it was amazing

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Fallen city of zombie lepers - solved and saved by a prince of its curse and a spunky foreign princess. I mean, what's not to like? Anyway, I was surprised how much I liked this. I liked it better than Mistbourne, actually, which surprised me. The beginning felt a bit slow but once I knew where things were going I was thrilled. ...more

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Jun 01, 2020 Kimberly rated it really liked it

Welp. I take back every negative thing I thought or said about this book. Like the first Mistborn book, I just had to be in the right mindset to get past the beginning of things into the good stuff. I forget that with Sanderson's books, it takes a bit to get the world and magic system described enough for me to be engaged. For some reason, the first three times I tried to listen to this book, I just couldn't visualize things well enough. I made up my mind to try one more time because I want to r ...more

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Jul 07, 2012 kellyn rated it liked it · review of another edition

I picked this up because the author will be at an upcoming Dragon*Con I'll be attending and had rave reviews on the website. After sluggishly making my way through the first 1/4 of the book I've decided not to give it my time any longer.

The plot drew me in and the characters are intriguing but the dialogue is choppy and the author introduces too much too quickly and without proper backstory/introduction, in the way of myth, history and culture of the peoples we're reading about. It gets a littl ...more

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