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Elantris (Dramatized Adaptation)

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, David Coyne, Dylan Lynch, Elizabeth Jernigan, James Konicek, Karen Carbone, Ken Jackson, Scott McCormick, Steven Carpenter, Tim Getman
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Summary

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.

©2005 Brandon Sanderson (P)2021 Graphic Audio LLC

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Decent adaptation let down a bit

I really enjoy the Graphic Audio library of stories and am honestly surprised at how well this was done, it's the first of the Cosmere stories done by GA and they did a decent job in doing the story, the people are believable, the music and effects well done and the final putting together nearly all perfect.

There's just 2 things that I have a small issue with.

1. is the pronunciations in the story, we had several instances where the narrator would say a word while narrating, have a character say the same word and then immediately after have the narrator back with the same pronunciation. Clearly someone on-staff corrected him and they didn't rerecord that earlier scene for the sake of speed.

2. In a few sections there's parts that aren't given much detail or shown, for instance the iconic "I failed, I failed my love." words are there - barely heard over narration and character dialogue that should have been equalised a little better, to give that scene more gravitas compared to what we had.

Oh and it doesn't have the Ars Arcanum or the coda with Hoid (said wrong and annoyed me immensely) and those are let downs for me.

Aside from those small gripes, it's a decent book and a decent rendition, all round good in my view if you can take the small problems.

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Great concept, but poor audio mix let's it down!

I love the idea of this, and there is definitely something in this concept that could be great!
I was excited to experience a new version of Elantris.

Unfortunately, the audio is mixed so poorly that's it's basically unlistenable.
The background sounds are so loud that often the character voices are very difficult to hear.
A real shame as, the voice actors seem very good.

I ended up switching back to the regular audio book instead.

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Too much going on

Whilst the book is fantastic, I struggled with the use of sound effects and music which constantly threatened to drown out the narrator. The premise is fun, because I like to combine music and reading but in this case it failed to work for me. Certainly try it and see how it fits.

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Fantastic story

Amazing story, great world building and magic, just wish the ending was a little stronger(it had a great ending just the last sentence I wanted to be stronger)

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This audio book wasn’t for me.

No disrespect to other listeners who gave it top marks,, but for me,the sound effects were far too loud along with the music. About 18 hours of loud music, I got a banging head ache trying to get through it.it took me a while trying to get into it, even when the main narrator was talking there was music in the background.
I think it would have been a cracking book to listen to without the background distractions .

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Amazing!

I highly recommend this for all high fantasy fans. It has it all and the last part is satisfying.

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Brilliant performance and story

The story needs no review, it's Brandon's debut work so he hasn't quite mastered his craft yet.
The recording is exceptional and everyone involved should be proud. The audio design is clearly over-compressed like many modern designs, which is what people are complaining about when they say they "can't hear the words" but as long as you listen with headphones it's fine.

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Good read!

Loved it! I've read almost all of his older work, but I found this one just as good. Im hoping for more books about the world and the magic of Elantrians!

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Brilliant performance from the cast

I’ve always liked graphic audio as their productions are outstanding. This did not disappoint. Brilliant story from Brandon Sanderson and I enjoyed thoroughly. It’s a great introduction to the Cosmere and it only gets better from here.

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An epic fantasy romp!

My first Sanderson novel. Fun high fantasy epic. Great world building. Enjoyable narrative, more twists than I imagined, but some elements of the ending were telegraphed. Superb performances, music & sfx made for a great recording!

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