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Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

13 reviews

hedyharper's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, Confinement, Pregnancy, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Violence, War, Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, and Death

jodean's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Grief, and War

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Slavery, Pregnancy, and Body horror

coreyarch9's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

My favorite installment in the series yet - the action. The revelations. The urge to dive right into Inheritance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Slavery

redhairedashreads's review against another edition

3.0

 

3 stars - I liked it

This book continues Eragon’s journey and starts a few days after the end of the previous book. Unlike the previous books, this book gives us multiple characters' perspectives and we jump all around Alagaësia as the story takes us back to the dwarves and elves and also into Galbatorix’s territory. 

Some of the main things that happen in this story are that Eragon keeps his promise to Roran and helps rescue Katrina, Eragon kills the Ra’zac, he marries Katrina and Roran, Eragon travels to the dwarves to help elect a new king, he returns briefly to the elves and gets a new sword, Eragon learns that his father was actually Brom, how Galbatorix stays so strong was revealed, and we see Gladir and Orimis fall against Galbatorix and Murtaugh. 

There were a lot of very important things that happened in this book, but also a lot of this book felt a bit tedious. There was a lot of time spent on politics and other descriptions that felt a bit tedious at times. It made me glad I was listening to the audiobook because I would have struggled reading multiple pages about crafting a sword or dwarven politics. 

Overall, I did enjoy the continuation of Eragon’s story but this one felt a bit more tedious with all the political vows pulling Eragon all over the place and having to be explained to him. It is interesting to see such a well developed and thought out world but at the same time I could have done with a lot less explanation for some of these scenes. 

CW: kidnapping and imprisonment; PTSD and nightmares; self-harm, whipping; war and mass death; gore and injuries; death of a friend and mentor; 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, War, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping

natashalg's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

bettysbookishworld's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Brisingr is more focused on politics and war strategies in comparison to the first two books. These are my favourite aspects in books, so I enjoyed it a lot more than the second book. Its pacing and action sequences together with politics, worldbuilding and learning about magic are similar to the first book, therefore, the story feels more balanced and engaging. The new plot twists were unexpected and the ending almost made me cry. This book made it definitely worth it to read the series and I'm excited to read the finale! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, and Violence

sanctuary_in_the_pages's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, War, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, and Slavery

clockworkhobbit's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, War, Death, Gore, Xenophobia, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Murder, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Suicide attempt, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Medical content, Cursing, Child death, Addiction, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Rape, Islamophobia, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

wogslandwriter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.0

I first read this book as a child when it was published and it was thrilling, exciting and new and interesting. I just reread it as an adult and it filled me with the same emotions. There are pieces of the world building that are, perhaps, too simplistic or simply unimaginative, but the overall scope of the story and prose with which it is delivered more than make up for it's flaws. This book is a phenomenal installment in the series and my favorite of the four books. It has many intense and dramatic scenes that I have not even seen the like of and think about often.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Death, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Animal death, Gore, and Hate crime

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Torture

This is a high fantasy book with lots of battles and sword fights. The battles have some graphic and gorey descriptions. The same goes for some of the meals that Sapphira, the dragon eats. There is also racial tension between the humans and other non-human groups which gets violent at times. There is a lot of deaths and injury to main and side characters.