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Just a Good Read	Customer Rating:
I have read the first two books of this series and i was very happy with the thrird. it was very well written. I do have to say it was an unexpected ending. i thought this was a trilogy!! i was wrong! Overall I would tell you to buy it and hang on to it because you will read it again.

A big book filled with very little.

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This book was fairly disappointing. Paolini spent a lot of time on parts of the story that didn't deserve it, and the few areas of the story that did deserve the time were not given it. Many of the important plot elements that were revealed seemed to be very contrived and isolated from the rest of the books. It seemed as though he made them up while writing the book and didn't even know about them while writing the original two.

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When I was reading through Brisingr I kept waiting for all the exciting scenes to happen. After defeating the Ra'Zac I expected Eragon to keep going on more adventures. Instead, he sits in with the Varden, for oh too many pages, while I just want him to go off and do something. I really couldn't understand Eragon's fascination with Sloan. He's a minor character and that whole subplot was not interesting enough to make in it in this book (well, guess you could say that for 3/4 of the book.) Anyway, I understand there's some need for Eragon's transformation as a character, but it should not be boring. I was excited when Arya met up with Eragon, because I thought well that's the whole point of this trip; they can be alone. And then they just talked, and talked. I seriously hated Nasuada in this book. For all her wisdom, why did she have a Dragon Rider who's supposed to overthrow Galbatorix sit and listen to dwarves talk? When Orik wasn't around at the beginning I just assumed that he had become king. But no, they actually have some big debate thing, even though everyone knows Orik is going to win anyway. Why did Paolini make us listen to the dwarves? This whole book I was waiting for Eragon to go back to Ellesmera because I loved that part in Eldest. But no, politics. My favorite part was when they finally arrived in Ellesmera, even though it was rushed. Everyone knew throughout the whole book knew that Eragon was going to find his sword under the Menoa tree. I was glad when he got it, but I didn't so much like the process. Eragon found out Brom is his father (uhm, what's the big deal?) and that dragons use their heart of hearts to live forever. This felt a little like Paolini thought of it out of thin air. It makes sense, but I wanted a better explanation. Then, the big battle scene. Eragon shows everyone with his big blue dragon and fiery sword wo ho. What I don't understand is why Paolini keeps creating more villians for Eragon to possibly get killed by, when he does have to kill Galbatorix by the end of the 8th book. Though I'm glad there is probably a future for Eragon and Arya, even though they have a total of about 3 conversations in the book. And we dont even get to see Murtagh and Oromis fight. I found this fight confusing, and then sad when Oromis and Glaedr die. Seriously, if Eragon's mentors cannot defeat Murtagh Eragon is going to die a brutal death. This scene would have been a great climax, if we didn't have to see it through Glaedr's POV (how does that even work anyway?) Oh, I can't forget Roran and Katrina. Personally, I getting sick of their gushy loves scenes meant to spice up a book of fighting. And I get the importance of Roran (he's just a man, but he's awesome) even if you can kill 200 men, I still think you're boring. I get it, Roran's great, he rescued Carvalhall blah blah blah... I just don't want to have to read about him anymore. Overall, I love this series, and I loved Eldest. I loved seeing Eragon study in Ellesmera and get turned into an elf. I even loved how he was bested my Murtagh and the father revelation. I don't understand how some are saying Brisingr is better than Eldest, because i was just bored with Brisingr. Eragon actually does important things in Eldest, while throughout Brisingr, I kept thinking: Do you really have to write about all this nonessential stuff, Christopher Paolini?

Another great one from Paolini

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I was looking so forward to this book. I was so worried that it would let me down, as some authors do...ya know, when 1 or 2 books in a series are really good and then they go and write another one that just doesn't 'do it' for you. You all know what I am talking about. I reread Eragon and Eldest right before this one came in the mail, so that I could follow it better, even though I had read them already before. I wanted them to be fresh in my mind. As I opened the book, I was ready for disappointment...but I did NOT get disappointed AT ALL! This was just as good as his other 2, if not better. True there wasn't much 'action' until the last third of the book. But to have a good book, you must have other stuff. It explained a lot that I had had questions with during the first couple books. It was awesome. I was actually sad when it ended, thinking about how long it's going to be until the next one comes out. I definitely recommend this book to all that read the other 2 and I recommend the whole cycle to anyone who likes fantasy.

Brisingr Review

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This book is long winded... while Eragon was excellent and Eldest not very good - at least this one is better than Eldest. However boring in places. Christopher Paolini said this was going to be a trilogy and I was hoping to finish the series with this book, however at the end of the thrid book, you find out there is going to be a fourth book that will conclude the story. I am disappointed that I'm going to have to read another book for the conclusion... not to mention waiting for it to come out in print. It seems it too a long time between book 2 and book 3 to be printed, I'm just wondering how long it will be for book 4. In conclusion, if I had known how this series would read overall... I probably wouldn't have read it.