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| Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3) | 
 enlarge | Author: Christopher Paolini
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  388 reviews
Sales Rank: 19
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 784
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.9
ISBN: 0375826726
EAN: 9780375826726
ASIN: 0375826726
Publication Date: September 20, 2008
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 A worthy addition! September 20, 2008
28 out of 44 found this review helpful
First, I have to admit that I got a headstart on this book. A good friend works in publishing and she got me an early copy of the book for my son. I thumbed through it while riding home on the subway, and before I knew it I was so engrossed that I read the whole thing before I gave it to him. I've since read the other two, and let me tell you some things about Brisingr without being a spoiler...
First, I read it in about the same amount of time as Eldest (Inheritance). You may have heard that Brisingr means "fire" in the language of Alagaesia, and let's just say that has great significance for this book.
The book begins with Eragon, Roran and Saphira on their way to Helgrind. Helgrind is where Katrina is behind held prisoner. At one point, Arya goes looking for Eragon, after sensing that he was in great danger. Let's see...Eragon is reunited with Orik in this book, but I won't tell you under what circumstances as that will give too much away.
I can also say that if you loved book one, you will also love this one. Though the ending might not be described as story book perfect, it is comforting and hopeful and just really great. I can't wait until more people have finished this book so that I can discuss with them!
In the meantime, I'm back to reading run-of-the-mill "adult" books, though I did bump into (and devour) a couple great ones recently that are worth mentioning, The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book and The Impulse Factor: Why Some of Us Play It Safe and Others Risk It All
 Disappointing September 22, 2008
26 out of 36 found this review helpful
Paolini spends too much time explaining background through drawn-out dialogs rather than presenting the information in a way that allows the reader to connect the dots on their own. This book could have been half as long and twice as good.
 Zip this book please Mr Paolini October 10, 2008
26 out of 32 found this review helpful
This book is as slow as a tortoise with arthritis, and at the end of the painful slow-march you realize you haven't moved much from where you stopped in Eldest. It is painfully obvious that Paolini was made to (?) prolong this series. The actual plot can be told in about 100 pages; the rest is either horribly drawn out descriptions or meaningless and repetitive conversations.
Some scenes go like this (not the actual words, but you will get the drift)
Eragon: Saphira, isn't it wrong to kill people?
Saphira: No young one, sometimes you have to do what you do for the greater good.
Now, this is blown into a page-long dialogue where they repeat the same question and answer in passive voice, reported speech etc. I felt like stuffing Eragon into Saphira's mouth to shut them both up. When one thinks they have finally reached a consensus and the plot will move on, they move to another track:
Eragon: Saphira, I love you
Saphira: I love you too, young one.
Eragon: I can't bear to be separated from you Saphira, not even for a moment
Saphira: I can't either...
Eragon: Saphira.....
Saphira: young one....
I felt like shouting "Get a room!!!" before I remembered they were a dragon and rider, not star-crossed teenage lovers. Then, finally the coddling was over and I started hoping again that something would happen.
Enter Arya...
Eragon: Arya, baby, how do you feel while killing someone?
I fervently wished she would show him instead of telling him :)
Dismal at best October 10, 2008
26 out of 30 found this review helpful
As written by another reviewer "If you liked the Lord of the Rings series, then you'll probably like the Inheritance cycle as well."
Actually, The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a wonderful, well-written trilogy. This fantasy series is in essence a great first showing (Eragon) with an okay sophomoric offering (Eldest) and a dismal current contender (Brisingr).
I hope that this was more the fault of the publishers than Paolini's own writing. In many places the writing actually made me cringe and want to break out my red editing pen of death, ex. "Pointing with her chin past a row of spits and cauldrons suspended over a bed of coals, past a clump of men butchering a hog, past three makeshift ovens built of mud and stone, and past a pile of kegs toward a line of planks set on stumps that six women were using as a counter."
Yes folks, that is one, very long and exhaustive run-on sentence. Why they couldn't be bothered with proper grammar and punctuation we will probably not know.
I see no use of dramatic suspense in bridging chapters, or even within each chapter. Most of the dramatic scenes seem forced, almost as if the characters are being coached by a high school drama teacher from behind the curtain, "Now in this scene Eragon, you feel ANGER. Show me your anger, be a tiger and let it all out!"
All in all, I wish I hadn't picked up this book, because now I feel obligated to read the (nearly assuredly) fourth book of the series.
At least it was better than eldest. September 21, 2008
25 out of 57 found this review helpful
i keep hoping that this kid will become a good writer one day, and I just keep being disappointed. Full of purple prose, this book was a chore to read, just like the last two. I don't know why he needed 700+ pages to give only a few meager plot points. I could probably skip every other chapter and still understand what's going on. It is jam packed full of filler. If you like fantasy, that's fine; if you like dragons, that's fine, but read a good dragon book like the ones by Anne McCraffrey. Or pick up one of any number of other fantasy books that don't have the media machine that's behind this one. It's very mediocre.
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