A Look at Elantris (Book), Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- We continue our look at a politically-savvy princess arrives to learn she's already a widow, but doesn't let that stop her from building alliances to thwart the problems - foreign and domestic - that threaten this kingdom.
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I like Elantris, and I like that all the characters have their blind spots and weaknesses.
I love this book and have enjoyed your series of videos about it. Thanks as always for all you do! :)
Thank you again Chuck! Getting part two so soon after part one is awesome! I like how your mainly focusing on one character at a time in each part, but also moving further forwards in each - it'll be interesting to see if part three is the culmination, or if there is a part four. I'm enjoying this 🙂
The sanderlanch has got to be its own part and i hope he explains it for non readers
@@Buffaloguy1991 which parts would need further explanation beyond what a regular review of a novel would provide? I've been told that he's not going to go into detail about a certain cross-worlds beggar / storyteller, but the twist as to the nature of the magic (and what happens in the climax) is clear in the books, and anything about D and D (if you know the Cosmere you know what I am referring to), and the three realms, would only need to be covered when the Shards and (at least obliquely) Yolen are mentioned.
It's easy to do with Elantris given how the chapters are structured.
As to deeper Cosmere lore, yeah really not a factor in this one. Can even get away with not going into it with Mistborn, at least era-1. It's really only in Stormlight and era-2 that the Cosmere becomes unable to ignore and needs to be addressed.
@@7Seraphem7 very true. Part of me does want Chuck to read Arcanum Unbound and just review the system essays though 😅
... Though come to think of it, even then a fair deal of the information on the Cosmere, at least a third, has come directly from Brandon, with several tibits not yet revealed in the books. For example, (not sure if this counts as a spoiler, so adding some distance):
we've heard of Silverlight, but only recently that it used to be - and partially still is - a collection of dragons' palaces. Yet that info - in the books - will likely have to wait until a story is set there.
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I've read Elantris, so it's easy enough for me to follow along, but I have to wonder if the sheer barrage of unfamiliar names, weirdo political systems, and cavalcading plot points would be hard for a non-book reader to keep up with here.
Still, very much enjoying seeing (or, well, hearing) Chuck dive into some more fantasy literature.
It was nigh impossible for me to follow the names in the first video because they are all fantasy-sounding and fairly similar to each other, especially without seeing them in text. I actually commented asking if Chuck could give us some diagrams during the video showing the various characters similar to what he did for the real life people in the Dungeons & Dragons saga. It would be substantial extra work though, so I understand.
@@noblehelium3794 There are RUclips's auto-generated close captions, though since we're dealing with made-up fantasy names, don't expect their spellings to match those from the books, or even be internally consistent.
How many "great men" have fallen from dismissal of a "mere woman"
Brandon Sanderson has a wonderful way with flawed and interesting characters
Ah Sarene..... still one of my least liked characters in the Cosmere. Yeah, her whole playing everyone else around her like fiddles, especially the dumbass of a king was great, and she is good at it... but I just got tired of her constant whining about how she's all alone and no one could ever truly understand her because of how special, and awesome she is, or accept what a strong, independent woman she is and thus will always be alone and never truly have any friends. All while treating everyone around her like nothing more then pawns in her political games and making very clear to all of them that is exactly how she thinks of them.
The entirety of the first trilogy of Mistborn... Except the brother, Tensoon, and the kid of the group.
All the others? Don't like them, and don't like how that trilogy ends, so not even considering the other Mistborn books.
Edit: Those are the characters I don't like, barring the exceptions listed.
Also... Mraize. Because *spoilers*.
Dear God, thank you! I was honestly starting to think I was the only person who couldn't stand Sarene.
I found the princess in this book to be Brandon Sanderson worst written female character