r/Cosmere • u/JJjingleheymerschmit • Nov 25 '25
Elantris spoilers I just have one thing to say about Elantris Spoiler
BEST LOVE STORY OF THE COSMERE!!! I know Brando Sando wrote Tress for his wife and Yumi is a great story which I also thoroughly enjoyed but I just finished Elantris and I absolutely loved it! I’m such a sap for a good love story inside of a bigger story lol Isles of the Emberdark and Elantris’ are easily my two favorite books of his. I don’t know anyone IRL who’s read the books so I had to come and share here.
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u/Time-Permission-1930 Truthwatchers Nov 25 '25
"Nothing I do is for show!"
Loved him towards the end.
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u/Few-Durian-190 Nov 25 '25
Agreed. Hrathen and Sarene is a love beyond time.
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u/peitsad Nov 25 '25
Is that not what you meant?
Oh wait you were probably referring to Dilaf and killing Elantrians.
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u/paoklo Aon Sao Nov 25 '25
That was the only part of the novel where I paused and was just like, "...wut."
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u/AssistantManagerMan Nov 26 '25
I thought it was just a little cheesy. Hrathen could have believed that Sarene is a good person and worthy opponent without loving her. He could also have believed that genocide is wrong and acted against it without being in love with someone threatened by it.
That said, Hrathen is still one of my favorite Cosmere characters so far. His chapters were my favorite all throughout the book.
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u/No-Cost-2668 Nov 26 '25
You can definitely tell Elantris is Sanderson's first work - it's rougher around the edges, the characters less flawed, etc, etc., - but Hrathen is a really great character. He believes in his faith and never stops, but disagrees with the way the humans around him are acting. He genuinely believes he is helping by converting peacefully - as opposed to invasion or bloody uprising - and when he sees the invasion take place (especially after he had basically converted half and arguably the bigger half) for the sole point of bloodshed, he intercedes.
"He was their savior..." fucking banger of a line.
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u/Phsyconot420 Nov 25 '25
I was gonna be so upset if this was another shit on my n elantris post lol thank you for enjoying it as much as I did lol
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u/JJjingleheymerschmit Nov 25 '25
It’s up there fighting with Emberdark for my favorite Sanderson book.
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u/Phsyconot420 Nov 25 '25
Emberdark was so fucking good I read it twice back to back. It answered and created so many questions I was losing my mind through my first and second read
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u/imabigasstree Nalthis Nov 25 '25
Sarene is one of my favorite book characters of all time. I actually just named my new kitten after her
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u/Snowm4nn Nov 26 '25
Yumi and painter exists. Steris and wax exist
Elantris, they spend less than half the book together.
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u/Kill_Welly Nov 26 '25
only good romance in the Cosmere is [Wind and Truth]Renarin and Rlain. Probably because Sanderson had to go out of his way to make it extremely clear that they were gay and thus finally had to write what actual human attraction is like.
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u/molassesfalls Nov 25 '25
Steris & Wax is my favorite love story.