rpggal she/her Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Just started reading elantris, and among the three characters, I like Raoden the best. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Sedai she/her Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) Yep, Raoden is amazing! Edited January 21, 2022 by Robin Hatter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymphonianBookworm she/her Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Agreed. Wow, what a concise response. But yes, he is amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOID WANTS INSTANT NOODLES he/him Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 He is one of my fovorite charcters. There is something about a character in a book creating something that I find really satisfying 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wandering Wizard he/him Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 I liked Raoden the most on my first read, but on later reads I really liked Hrathen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hessi's Ward she/her Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 I love all three POV characters of Elantris but Raoden is in my top 5 favorite male characters in fantasy in general. In the words of Tumblr, he is my blorbo from my books. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinarySecond Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 I love Raoden, he's such a dork. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KickAssMagicRobot he/him Posted September 7, 2022 Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 It's easy to get me hooked on a character who's determined to stay positive, even when it's difficult. Someone who works to build something to uplift everyone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danex he/him Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 his PoV is probably my favorite storyline of the book, but as a character I think he’s my least favorite of the 3 =P. The other 2 are just so interesting in their motivations n stuff but Raoden’s situation is more interesting so it balances out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpggal she/her Posted May 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 I am so glad so many people like Raoden as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted May 8, 2023 Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 Honestly I found Raoden pretty boring. He is too much of a Gary Sue for me. Hrathen is the character in Elantris I found most compelling. He is flawed, but also ambitious, intelligent, and simply put interesting. I like Sarene too but she just doesn't have the on page presence that Hrathen has. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treamayne Posted May 9, 2023 Report Share Posted May 9, 2023 I don't mind Raoden, but I really liked Galladon (and wished we had more from his PoV). And I agree with his assessment - I can be friends with an optimist; but it certainly becomes exhausting sometimes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stormfather He/Him Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 raoden is awesome, but I definitely like the story of hrathen's PoV because of all the poilical scheming and stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sibling she/her Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 I have always found Raoden's story to be the least interesting. I feel like up until very far into the book, it was predictable and simple. As a character, I find that he doesn't have realistic motivations, and his dialogue feels forced. That being said, if I had to choose one character from Elantris who I would want to be friends with, it would be Raoden. I like him, but he's not interesting enough to keep my attention. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stormfather He/Him Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 raoden's story seems like the least intriguing but if you look closly at the descriptions of elantris you can find little tidbits that are very intriguing and awesome if you like little bits of lore 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sibling she/her Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 12 hours ago, stormform wert said: raoden's story seems like the least intriguing but if you look closly at the descriptions of elantris you can find little tidbits that are very intriguing and awesome if you like little bits of lore Yeah, but I feel like this is not done as well as it is in Stormlight or Mistborn. You can find a lot of stuff if you read closely, but I don't even like his story enough to want to read closely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Weaver of Lies he/him Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) I personally loved Raoden’s character. I also loved the other 2 PoV characters. Raoden seems to be unflawed, but if you read closely you see his doubts. I like that there is someone with problems that are harder to notice, as sometimes that is how it is in life too. Edited May 16, 2023 by Lightweaver2 Clarification 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sibling she/her Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 I was reading the Elantris annotations on Arcanum, and I sort of understand why some people love Raoden and some people hate him. In his annotations, Brandon explains that Raoden doesn't really grow that much as a character through out the book. Most of the character growth is reserved for Hrathen. Sarene is manipulative, and sometimes naive, so that makes her chapters a bit more interesting. Raoden is just a perfect character, agressively optmistic, never stays down for long, he's just great. Some people probably really like reading POVs like that. They can be inspiring and cheerful. But others probably find it boring because Raoden is so perfect. I think that I'm somewhere in the middle. Maybe if Raoden were a side character in Sarene's POV, that would be better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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