Target: Brandon Sanderson’s Elantris
Profile: Epic Fantasy
Aside from having a pithy back cover; Elantris has a lot going for it. While it is far from the perfect fantasy novel, it does feature Sanderson’s typical strong world building, and a cast of characters that is interesting, if not actually realistic. At the same time, Sanderson’s refusal to rely exclusively on the fallback tropes of his genre keeps the book feeling fresh. Elantrisisn’t as polished as some of Sanderson’s other stories, with the core mystery feeling a little underutilized, and the story dragging on just a touch too long. But at the same time, these little flaws give the story a more honest feeling than, for example, the highly polished The Hero of Ages.
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