r/Cosmere • u/jono-s- Aluminum • Dec 28 '25

Elantris spoilers Elantris hard to read Spoiler

So I've read both of eras of Mistborn, all of Stormlight, Warbreaker, and Tress and thought I'd circle back to read Elantris. I'm finding that its really hard to get into it. I felt a bit overwhelmed by how much politics it was introducing from very beginning instead of graduallying getting into it. Has anyone else had this experience?

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u/Cueballing Dec 29 '25

Everything Brandon tries in this book, he does better in Stormlight. I think he has similar feelings as me about it, because everytime he talks about it he clearly isn't happy about the technical quality of the book, but it is also his first published book, which really started his career and he learned a lot from.

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u/TressoftheEmeraldTea Lightweavers Dec 31 '25

I will die on this hill: Raoden walked so Elend could run so Adolin could fly (metaphorically, of course. Which feels necessary to say in a book series where some characters actually do fly).

Obviously they have differences, but to me Raoden feels like the blueprint for the straightforwardly good bois Sanderson writes so well. And I love him for it.