Elantris

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4, - 4,5 stars! ⭐️

Elantris has been my favorite book since I read it in June of 2006. It was the first book of Brandon Sanderson and somehow it made it to Europe fast and my dad got it for me. And I loved it!
I adored the world and the characters!

It became the first book ever to make me cry. And I decided then that this will be my favorite book and Brandon Sanderson my favorite author.

Things remain similar. So no big drama! But I must confess that I approached the re-read of Elantris with fear of not finding what I found so many years ago. Brandon has written ever since a lot of other books and he has clearly become a superior author. But this was his first!

Elantris tells the story of this land where suddenly people can get a terrible sickness - and if they do, they're exiled to Elantris, a place of rot where these people that never die are expected to “live”.
We will find 3 points of view:
- the first one of Roaden, the crown prince that suddenly gets this sickness
- Serene, the betrothed of Raoden, who will need to survive in the court of the king without Raoden and take his place
- Hrathen, a religious figure with a highly dangerous task and very limited time to achieve it.

And now what can I say? Did I love it as much as I did back then? Well... yes and no.
- I did because the majority of the time I relived my memories and was really expecting the book to reach the plot lines that I desperately remembered as amazing.
- But also no, I didn't like it as much. I see how the book has very slow pacing, it's overly religious and a bit cheesy (I can not believe I'm saying this about Brandon Sanderson LOL, no doubt he never again wrote characters that were as romantic as Raoden). I really relied on my memories to help me keep pushing and continue reading, so... yeah. If you're fresh you won't have it and you might like it even less

Overall I still consider this book splendid, but I 100% acknowledge that it's due to my personal history with the book and not the book itself alone!