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Elantris

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Jack Garrett
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Publisher's summary

Legendary science fiction author Orson Scott Card calls Brandon Sanderson a writer to watch.

Once the godlike rulers of the capital of Arelon, the inhabitans of Elantris have been imprisoned within themselves, unable to die after the city's magic failed years ago. But when a new prince falls victim to the curse, he refuses to accept his fate.

©2005, 2015 Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC. (P)2008 Recorded Books,LLC

Critic reviews

"...readers won't want to put it down." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Outstanding." ( Publisher's Weekly)

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Final 1/3 is good

It seemed like it took him the first 2/3 of the book to decide what he wanted to do with this interesting world he created.

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fantastic

I can not say enough good things about this book! the what experience from the world building to all the characters was superb. highly reccomend it

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Ended Well

A interesting story. Long, but in the end enjoyable. The cliff hangers were a bit much and probably not needed

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beautiful as I have come to expect from Sanderson.

It is a exepitnal story with great detail that only adds to the bepth of the emotion felt by the reader, yet not so much bepth as to bore. It is a wonderful balance of information and intrigue set in a world of profound bepth. one of my favorites.

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Okay...

The pace was... chaotic. But okay. My biggest issue was the beginning. Overload of Information.

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Performance ok, but editing hurt it

The narrator of this book did a decent job I think, but the way clips were joined together hurt it. Particularly at the end of a section or chapter, the last word of one was followed immediately by the first word of the next, making for a rather jarring transition that was hard to follow.

This made it hard for me to get into the book at first, and I nearly gave up a couple of times in the first quarter or so. I am glad I stuck with it, as the story was good and worth the long listen.

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Teenagers novel?

The plot is fine but the characters are shallow and the dialogs are superficial. Disappointed.

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great story

Elantris has deep believable characters, a unique but relatable setting, an interesting magic system and is beautifully written.

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narrator sounds like zapp brannigan

narrator sounds like zapp brannigan from futurama, i just cant listen without hearing it :(

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so good!!

I've read this book twice and loved it. this production added so much to it. the story is intense, interesting, surprising, and full of intriguing characters. definitely worth it!

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