Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3) | Christopher Paolini | Fantastic character development makes this...

Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3) | Christopher Paolini | Great Book but Conflicted about more

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	Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3) Christopher Paolini Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008 - 763 pages average customer review:based on 446 reviews view larger image
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Fantastic character development makes this work

I approached book 3 with high expectations, and while Paolini appears to be taking a fair amount of heat for pacing, writing style, and the excessive length of the book, I actually came away feeling different. Brisingr is admittedly not for those looking for concise story lines with a clear start and finish, but much like Eldest, Brisingr continues to flush out the details of politics, relationships, and character progression in Paolini's world. Many likely critiqued Eldest for its painstakingly detailed analysis of dwarven and elven politics, the rules of magic, and the history of the dragon riders, but I for one found the approach welcome and fascinating. Unlike many fantasy novels that simply drive through a plot sprinkled with a few twists to hold interest, Paolini provides a window into the world of Alagaesia in a manner that left me with an appetite for more. While I find myself skimming pages in most fantasy novels to keep up with fast paced plots, I hung on every description in Brisingr and savored a slower paced immersion into the story.

What truly captures me about the cycle is the character development. Paolini's dedication to his theme of inheritance resounds throughout his stories in Eragon, Orik, Arya, Saphira, Roran, Nasuada, and Murtagh. Brisingr continues what Eldest began, and I was pleased to see Paolini stayed true to all character's development in a fair manner. The shear volume of supporting characters lead me to believe that Paolini may have bit off more than he could chew, and I fully expected some stories to pitter off or be overwhelmed by Eragon, but Brisingr pleasantly surprised me on this account. This dedication to each individual storyline is possibly the reason so many have critiqued the size of the book and the pacing, but I found it added a depth to the storyline that you rarely find in fantasy novels.

I'd highly recommend this book and series as one of the richer fantasy series I have read. Certainly be prepared for a deep dive into the lives of the characters and the world they live in, and a somewhat slower paced plot than you'd traditionally find in the genre. Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed Brisingr from start to finish, and am anxiously awaiting the conclusion of the cycle.

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Great Book but Conflicted about more

I was really looking forward to the conclusion of the Trilogy. This was another really good book but I hope it has an end. I really enjoy the books and will continue to read.

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I hate to sound repetitious, so I won't go on and on about the fault of the book. you can read numerous accounts already. Simply said, my key areas are the facts that the book was exceedingly dull and drawn-out unnecessarily, I didn't like all the time Eragon spent away from Saphira, I found no point to the beginning self-mutilation scene (since none of those characters made a reappearance, and lastly...the excessive vocabulary usage sounded fake. I even read a few lines aloud to family members so that we could chuckle over the overly large words. I seriously believe Paulini purposely found those words to make himself and his characters sound older. Unfortunately, it only made them sound flat.

On the bright side, I did like the end (with the exception of the fight scene), and I did like hearing Arya (I'm not sure if I'm using the correct name-since the book is not in front of me) open up about her past.

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Bait and switch

I really loved Eragon (Inhertitance). I thought that Eldest (Inheritance) was kind of dry and just didn't have the same spark as Eragon.

When I heard that the third and *final* book of the Inheritance Trilogy was being published I figured that it was worth finishing things off.

In the end, I thought that Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3) was about the same quality as Eldest. There was *some* interesting content. But this was matched by many parts that dragged on.

But the thing that kept me motivated was knowing that by the time I got to the end of the book, things would be wrapped up and over. So, I kept slogging through in anticipation of the grand finale.

Unfortunately, much to my dismay, the Inheritance Trilogy turned into the Inheritance Quadrilogy and, rather than wrapping up all of the stories with a nice bow, Brisingr just felt like another "middle book" not really moving the plot along.

I would have been much happier if Paolini had stuck with the original plan of a trilogy; hopefully it would have moved things along at a better clip. Instead, we're left with one great book to begin the series followed by two slow books that could probably each be chopped in half without sacrificing much.

And so now we wait until the *real* (hopefully) final book in the series. I still hold out hope that the final book will return to the greatness of Eragon, but Brisingr didn't do much to make me believe this will be the case.

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Well, it's a read (small spoiler revealed here)

For the guy's age, I think he's done an enviable job. However, there are some things to learn.

Paolini just has not developed the chops yet to not telegraph his surprises. The surprises are not really surprises. Also, and I noticed this in Elder too, he does not yet have the skill to intertwine his chapters to keep multiple threads going in tandem. There will be several chapters with one set of characters, until it gets to the point of being overdue to switch back to the other threads.

Eragon's real father was divulged in this book. It wasn't a big dramatic plot turn though. It was sort of ho hum.

As far as telegraphing surprises, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that Angela, the herbalist, is actually Selena, Eragon's mother, undercover from Galbatorix, and watching over her son. I could be wrong, but I don't remember Eragon's real father meeting up with Angela in the previous books, so there was no big reason to divulge this at the time. And, from what I remember, no one seems to have seen Selena die. Am I wrong?

The book was an ok read. It didn't feel so derivative this time around. There were a couple of things that felt original, but I can't remember what they are now.

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