Architect of this unjust system, bad king Iadon, has a son, good prince Reoden. A new, unstable kingdom is created by people living in Arelon, country around Elantris that used to live off their godlike neighbours, and its society copes by de-evolving into oligarchy of rich nobles ruling over peasants recently forced into servitude. We have a world where a catastrophe ( Reod) disturbed traditional magic that sustained Elantrians – inhabitants of the most beautiful, and powerful, city on the planet – turning their blessings into curses and destroying traditional power balance. So maybe the problem is with the novel itself, after all 😉Įlantris is definitely an example of epic fantasy. And I know Graphic Audio is capable of producing good stuff – previews of other audiobooks they included here sounded much better. The rest of the cast was unconvincing and wooden and it took at least half a point from the final score. With one exception – the narrator was cool, I’d prefer to listen to him reading the entire novel. In case of Elantris I found voices in my headphones to be as thoroughly unimpressive as the parts Sanderson was responsible for. I’ve listened to parts of (Polish only 😛 ) Witcher novels in this format and it was a great experience. GraphicAudio has published over 900 action-adventure titles and 40 series in the fantasy, science fiction, post-apocalyptic, comic and western genres. The GraphicAudio format includes a full cast of actors, narration, sound effects and cinematic music. GraphicAudio is an audiobook publishing imprint of The Cutting Corporation. It’s an attempt to create… oh, lets just paste a quote from Wikipedia: But let me defend that opinion before I admit there were some good parts.Īlso – I’ve listened to Graphic Audio version and it might have been a mistake. Some brilliant ideas, amateurishly executed, great protagonist, rising above mediocre prose… Sanderson does not make big mistakes, but neither does he take any risks. There are many flawed books that have something in them that keeps me interested. Sanderson’s bits were better written and structured than Jordan’s, but no less tedious.Īfter Elantris… well, actually it confirmed my view of Sanderson as an uninspired craftsman, but I perhaps overestimated my own endurance. Oh, there were final Wheel of Time books that he wrote, no matter how much I try to forget the whole WoT disaster, I have to mention them.

It created in my mind a picture of someone who is a solid, if not particularly gifted, craftsman (with unbelievable output, his doorstoppers hit bookshops with astonishing regularity). I’ve read a couple of short stories, some reviews, and talked about him with a few friends whose opinions varied from “rather good” to “meh”. I’ve recently listened to Elantris, Brandon Sanderson‘s ticket to fame and money, and one of the biggest stand-alones in XXI century genre literature.

Elantris graphic audio