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  <title><![CDATA[Brisingr (Inheritance, #3)]]></title>
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  <default-description>OATHS SWORN . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Following the colossal battle against the Empire&amp;#8217;s warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;First is Eragon&amp;#8217;s oath to his cousin Roran: to help rescue Roran&amp;#8217;s beloved, Katrina, from King Galbatorix&amp;#8217;s clutches. But Eragon owes his loyalty to others, too. The Varden are in desperate need of his talents and strength&amp;#8212;as are the elves and dwarves. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices&amp;#8212; choices that take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Eragon is the greatest hope to rid the land of tyranny. Can this once-simple farm boy unite the rebel forces and defeat the king?</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">9</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Brisingr (Inheritance, #3)</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Christopher Paolini]]></name>
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    <review id="34604595">
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>32</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[someone needing kindling to start a fire]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 05 17:07:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 05 17:31:16 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[For the love of all that is good and decent in the world, MAKE THE EXPOSITION STOP!!!<br/><br/>I didn't think it was possible for this series to get worse after Eldest.  I was wrong.  This book is nearly 800 pages of pointless adjectives, with perhaps six pages' worth of plot... most of which is j...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34604595">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14898787">
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>21</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[fantasy lovers, Star Wars fans, Lord of the Rings fans, Tamora Pierce fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 08 07:58:14 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 24 07:14:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So, I was a little disappointed with this third installment of Paolini's Inheritance &quot;Cycle&quot; now - since he changed the game and made this a 4 book series instead of 3, as it was originally intended.<br/><br/>The story was good and what I have come to expect from this series. But honestl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14898787">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17914409">
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    <name><![CDATA[Augury]]></name>
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      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>14</votes>
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  <date_added>Sun Mar 16 22:06:47 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 16 22:10:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Feel I should point out to a couple of people that maybe don't know, this is no longer the last book. It's now the Inheritance Cycle, not trilogy. There's going to be 4 in total.<br/><br/>(SPOILER WARNING)<br/><br/>Also Roran is the next rider and his dragon will be green! Some people like to know t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17914409">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17780767">
    <user id="994136">
    <name><![CDATA[Jedidiah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tifton, GA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>17</votes>
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  <date_added>Fri Mar 14 20:28:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 30 13:31:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book. I wish it was longer. Amazing!]]></body>
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    <review id="35181172">
    <user id="629685">
    <name><![CDATA[Amelia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>15</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 13 08:15:48 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 23 12:01:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a steaming pile this was!  Paolini appears to be terrified as to what he will do next, because he is clearly dragging the &quot;Inheritance Cycle&quot; out just as far as he can!  Look, I realize that it must be terrifying to peak at 17...I wouldn't know, I'm still waiting for mine...but, accep...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35181172">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23092877">
    <user id="826042">
    <name><![CDATA[Mindy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>10</votes>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 27 20:06:01 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 02 08:53:54 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm sure I'll get hate comments for this rating.  But I just was bogged down by Paolini's formal and dry descriptive text.  Maybe I'm just too far removed from the other books these years later.  I really liked the first two, I just couldn't get into this one.  I feel like the story just sort of mea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23092877">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33412851">
    <user id="957168">
    <name><![CDATA[Bibiana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Singapore]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>8</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 21 03:02:40 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 21 03:34:04 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just completed reading Brisingr, and I must say that I was very impressed with the plot!<br/><br/>To compress all of my thoughts and the plot in to only one word, this has to be it - Unpredictable.<br/><br/>Certain events that happened in the book really took me by surprise and I have to appla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33412851">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20949317">
    <user id="844322">
    <name><![CDATA[Suelynn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>7</votes>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 25 00:57:49 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 16 10:05:33 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The author finally realized that he made too many plot lines in his last book and that there was no way he could wrap it up in one book and so he's writing at least one more after this. I'm going to bet it turns into a 5 book series at least. The next book already sounds like it's going to be huge, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20949317">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27829338">
    <user id="637062">
    <name><![CDATA[Jacob]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Reedsburg, WI]]></location>        
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      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>9</votes>
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 21 00:51:37 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 21 02:24:51 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pre-Review, 21 July 2008: Can't believe I added this.  Really, <u>Brisingrrrrrr</u> only gets a spot on my Wish List out of malice and spite: because I'm expecting it to be so bad, so awful, that (like <u>Eldest</u> before it) I'll have to take a red pen to the book while reading and edit it as I go--and since li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27829338">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33945291">
    <user id="1094212">
    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>6</votes>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 26 21:05:49 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 06 18:15:15 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I give up.  I've spent two weeks trying to get through this 700-page snoozefest and I'm still completely uninterested in what happens next.  I can muster more enthusiasm for the third season of 'Rock of Love.'<br/><br/>To be fair, I've never been ecstatic about the Inheritance trilogy (although I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33945291">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34183897">
    <user id="683306">
    <name><![CDATA[Mathew]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>5</votes>
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 30 03:30:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 30 04:10:21 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I must say, I was kind of horrified when my parents gave me this to read. However, it is an improvement on the previous atrocities, even if it does have a hundred flaws.<br/><br/>Paolini's desire to describe every inane detail is the worst part. It made me want to put the back down every few pages...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34183897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36594975">
    <user id="241968">
    <name><![CDATA[Rebecca]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Charlotte, NC]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>6</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Nov 11 07:09:36 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Is it just me, or is this series on a serious downward spiral? <em>Eragon</em> was uninventive but entertaining; <em>Eldest</em> was a bit of slog, but pulled through in the end; <em>Brisingr</em>, however, just  left me exhuasted and annoyed. At least half of this novel could have be edited out, and as with the previous two ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36594975">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43806890">
    <user id="1423668">
    <name><![CDATA[Callie]]></name>
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>5</votes>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 21 08:13:55 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 21 08:22:17 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I try to finish a book no matter what, but this book will be an exception.  I'm 100 pages in...and nothing has happened!  This book suffered from over discription about things that are unimportant to the plot or to the reader and slowed the story telling to an almost non-existent plot line.  The aut...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43806890">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33846969">
    <user id="1503252">
    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Anchorage, AK]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>6</votes>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 30 13:53:01 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 25 16:27:29 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 30 13:53:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's generally a very good story. Problems arise, however, when the fact that very little of it is original becomes distracting, the excessive wordiness and verbosity of the author (in both character voice and description) becomes distracting, and the number of random side adventures and random side...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33846969">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48305507">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ceridwen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>12</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[your younger brother]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 05 06:24:31 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 10 13:14:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So, the library is demanding that I return this tome. I think I may be done reading. If I hadn't lost my real book, I never would have gotten 200 pages in. I only managed that reading every third page.<br/><br/>I'm sad because <u>Eragon</u> is my favorite book to love to hate. It's got so many things wro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48305507">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36320850">
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>6</votes>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've kept up with the Inheritance &quot;cycle&quot; (now that the author has decided a trilogy isn't cutting it) out of a desire to see a story I've invested in to its conclusion. I hesitate to call it an obligatory read on my part, but it's more because I'm invested in the story now than I am eager...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34376897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Christopher Paolini's writing seemed (to me) to have somehow changed in a way that made it harder for me to fall into than <em>Eragon</em> and <em>Eldest</em> were.<br/>As a whole I liked the story, but there wasn't the excitement of I-have-to-see-what-happens-next like before. Especially when Eragon is in Tronjheim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18503815">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[poke me in the eye! This book is terrible! The first one was forgiven for it's rambling irrelevancies due to it's imaginative world and logical magic. This one has no excuses. First off, it's about as entertaining as watching a clock's hour hand tick. Second, approximately two things happen in the e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37235137">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[       Finally, this series has given me a novel that I have enjoyed every part of. I consider it the darkest of the three novels, as Eragon realizes what a dire situation he has placed himself in, and the slim chance that he might succeed in his mission to free the citizens from the tyrannical rule...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40858627">more...</a>]]></body>
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