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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
You can really tell that Inheritance and Brisingr were meant to be one book and were split because wow the pacing is a mess!
I think it would have been better to just combine Brisingr and Inheritance into one book (of no more than 600 pages please god).
At the end of this experience I find myself sitting here daydreaming about how I would shuffle and combine plot points to construct a version of the series with better pacing and more coherent themes. I have so much nostalgia from Eragon from when I read it as a kid but wow does it not hold up to the scrutiny of an adult who's read more than one fantasy book. Here's hoping someday Paolini signs over the rights to someone who can take the best parts, rework them, and make a really great animated series out of it.
Spoiler
The last 100 pages are a long, sad slog through individually saying goodbye to every character (sometimes more than once) and walking through every practicality that could have been left to the imagination. Because of this, instead of ending this nearly 3k page long series on a note of triumph with a taste of bitter sweetness from Eragon's departure from Alagaesia, I found myself depressed and exhausted by the time I reached the final page.At the end of this experience I find myself sitting here daydreaming about how I would shuffle and combine plot points to construct a version of the series with better pacing and more coherent themes. I have so much nostalgia from Eragon from when I read it as a kid but wow does it not hold up to the scrutiny of an adult who's read more than one fantasy book. Here's hoping someday Paolini signs over the rights to someone who can take the best parts, rework them, and make a really great animated series out of it.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
No. Just no.
The whole book...what was it? 800 something pages? I think it could have been written in half of that amount, or even less.
I had a hard hard time getting through this. It was plainly boring. BORING! The first I dont know...40% nothing happened...then a bit of mildly interesting stuff happened. Then nothing happened again.
That basically sums it up.
The author spent around three pages just to describe fucking fingernails! How well they were groomed...and you know what??? IT DIDNT MATTER! The character was so not important. Absolutely not important. He died. ARGH!
And...wtf! Finally...showdown...waiting for the epic fight, how will Eragon overthrow Galbatorix!?
Oh yeah...he just makes him UNDERSTAND D:!!! That dude ruled for I dont know how many years and he just makes him understand that what he did was shit...right...no.
And then the book ends basically at the around 85%. Galbatorix is dead. And the book isnt over. Nah...lets sum up stuff...tie loose ends that we already forgot about.
Overall crap. Not worth wasting the time.
The whole book...what was it? 800 something pages? I think it could have been written in half of that amount, or even less.
I had a hard hard time getting through this. It was plainly boring. BORING! The first I dont know...40% nothing happened...then a bit of mildly interesting stuff happened. Then nothing happened again.
That basically sums it up.
The author spent around three pages just to describe fucking fingernails! How well they were groomed...and you know what??? IT DIDNT MATTER! The character was so not important. Absolutely not important. He died. ARGH!
And...wtf! Finally...showdown...waiting for the epic fight, how will Eragon overthrow Galbatorix!?
Oh yeah...he just makes him UNDERSTAND D:!!! That dude ruled for I dont know how many years and he just makes him understand that what he did was shit...right...no.
And then the book ends basically at the around 85%. Galbatorix is dead. And the book isnt over. Nah...lets sum up stuff...tie loose ends that we already forgot about.
Overall crap. Not worth wasting the time.