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Elantris (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Elantris, Book 3

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Elantris (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: full cast, James Konicek, Danny Gavigan, Richard Rohan, Lily Beacon, Colleen Delany, Thomas Penny, James Lewis, Terence Aselford, Dylan Lynch, Michael Glenn, Jason Stiles
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The city of the gods. Elantris once stood as the symbol of all that is beautiful. A sprawling metropolis of unrivaled grandeur, it was a symbol of power and strength, built to be as imposing as it was magnificent.

The only thing more glorious than the city itself was its inhabitants, Godlike beings, with silvery skin and hair of the purest flowing white. Able to create powerful magics with a mere wave of their hands, the Elantrians were able to heal mortal wounds and create any object they desired. To be an Elantrian was to be without sickness, without pain, and without want.

And anyone could become a god. Through a process known as the "Shaod", a normal person could go to bed one night and awake the next morning to throw away the shackles of mortality and become a being of incomparable power and grace. With Elantris as their beacon, the light inside all humanity was allowed to shine, elevating it to new heights.

But Elantris fell...10 years ago.

Performed by James Konicek, Danny Gavigan, Lily Beacon, Richard Rohan, David Coyne, Thomas Penny, Jason Stiles, Thomas Simpson, Tony Nam, Elizabeth Jernigan, Kate Foster, Tim Getman, Sherri Simpson, Mary McGowan, Casie Platt, Jonathan Watkins, Michael Glenn, Eric Messner, Colleen Delany, Sunny Lasskey, Mort Shelby, Terence Aselford, Nanette Savard, Scott McCormick, Andy Clemence, James Lewis, Steven Carpenter, Timothy Lynch.

Volume 3 of 3.

©2005 Brandon Sanderson (P)2009 Graphic Audio, LLC
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the graphic audio version of this audiobook is too good to miss. naturally, this was one of sanderson’s earlier novels, so the storytelling is not quite there yet. however its a fair starting point for the cosemere universe

not sanderson’s finest, however the performance was exemplary

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I really enjoyed listening to the story of Elantris. The characters were very likable and interesting.

Great story and performance

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Although other people were complaining of the audio quality, I have enjoyed a lot this version. It was not difficult for me to understand. And the diversity of voices in the cast makes it so much easier to remember who is who in a story so full of main characters. The story is also really good, with incredible plot ideas. The disease (not spoiler, first few minutes) is incredibly well thought and used in a very good way in the book.

Great story and voice acting

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The performance and story was amazing. I found myself immersed into this world and it was fantastic!

The best way to read!

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The story and characters are compelling and the performances by the actors are phenomenal. The sound effects and music are enhancers to the experience.. buuuut there were plenty of times where the sound effects and/or music overshadowed the dialogue or narration and I could hardly hear what was being said.

Excellent but noisy

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I really enjoyed this book. Loved it. Awesomely written and narratted. I suggest this series wholeheartedly.

Great book

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With the first two parts it took a bit to get past the vast changes in pronunciation through the story. I was eventually able to get over that initial shock and the unenthusiastic monotone of the narrator and was enjoying the story as usual... then they mispronounced Hoid. They called him "HOE-ide". It makes me wonder if any of them have read anything in the cosmere universe before this or if they care about the fans at all.

They mispronounce Hoid

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SPOILER ALERT (book one more or less even though this is for the third in the series.) As my title states it is a difficult read initially, even in it's just regular audiobook format. That's because it's so hard to comprehend so many characters who are humans both alive and dead after you they are struck down overnight with a zombie like curse (except there's no zombie cannibalism and the people can think). once the black lesions in your hair fall out in your skin becomes a modeled Gray, you are cast out of their City into what was once described as the home of the gods but now it's just a sludge filled place of violence. The place I'm speaking of is Elantris.

As I was saying it was once described as the most beautiful place in existence, but 10 years prior something went wrong & a horrific disease fell upon them and caused them to appear to have the start of something that look like leprosy. The afflicted's hearts don't beat, their wounds won't heal, and even stubbing your toe on something and experiencing that pain will be with you for the rest of your life until you go mad. there was no death for these people. it was assumed that all the "gods" who are described as having silver-hair, glowing skin and could live almost twice as long as your average person in the real world .

After a "magical" mishap by one of these god-like humans, the white marble city of elantris fell into disrepair & these beautiful beings basically became lepers. the disease which I'm not even going to try to write the name of, wasn't just isolated to their Palatial City of marble. No, it came for anyone. also in the beginning you are led to believe that only certain types of people get it. one day the prince of the neighboring city which was built besides the wall along with three others, woke up to discover that he had been cursed.

There are religious cult like groups, and one of them is dead set on converting the king of this place on the outside of elantris. she believes that if you convert the king you convert the public. Very similar to to what we have today. the evil catalyst called religion, are basically represented as the Knights Templar. it was more about fighting and killing non-believers rather than converting them, even though that was their goal. all of the religions fought for power and money more than they did for their actual God. our other God was more of an agnostic God. but back to the knights Templar type religion, just imagine the Spanish Inquisition but with a secret magic they themselves have no clue exist & only one person at this point of the story can wield it (surprise it's our Prince).

Back to the prince, he is actually supposed to technically be married already by proxy, but on the 5-day water crossing that it took the princess from a neighboring Nation who came up with the idea for a marriage to prevent hostilities and strengthen her home Kingdom, herself gets said disease and is thrown out of the palace. interestingly our knights Templar guy also gets it and prays on his knees for 5 days in the board of city of elantras and claims he's been cured when all his spots disappear and he regrows hair. it is truly an intriguing story but again I recommend that you get all three graphic audio ones because without it it's not that interesting. and this is the first time I've actually given a review on a book that uses Graphic Audio. I hope my review has inspired you to give this series another chance. I've only provided spoiler information for the most basic of basics to grabbed your intrigue. There's so much more to this story than meets the eye. I went ahead and purchased the collection of a multitude of books that if I'm not mistaken deals with elantris in the past present and future along with another world building series.

SPOILERS AHEAD! HARD READ AND IT'S ORIGINAL AUDIO FORM! THAT'S WHY I PICKED "GRAPHIC AUDIO"

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Great actors and sound effects. Some slow political plays but overall such a great series!

Worth the purchase

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The whole Elantris series was excellent! Brandon Sanderson did it again! I couldn’t put it down.

Excellent

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