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Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)

Christopher Paolini

Why we're reading this: After reading and loving Eragon and Eldest, this was a huge disapointment. I only got about half-way thro…more
[close] After reading and loving Eragon and Eldest, this was a huge disapointment. I only got about half-way through before I put it back on the shelf. I was bored with it long before I stopped reading, but held on to the hope that it would pick up the pace and become worthy to follow in the footsteps of its predecessors. No such luck.

The book is slow and sluggish. (Redundant, I know, but accurate.) It focuses around a war camp, and is almost entirely filler material. The 748 pages could easily be cut in half, if not more, and the story would have more substance and be more entertaining.

Also, at the end of Eldest, Paolini says that the Inheritance series is a trilogy. But, at the end of Brisingr he claims that the next book will conclude the series. So now it's 4. What will it be at the end of the next book? I'm not a huge fan of long series, and this one just seems to keep growing after promises of closure.

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Jun 08, 2011 Jamie marked it as to-read

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After reading and loving Eragon and Eldest, this was a huge disapointment. I only got about half-way through before I put it back on the shelf. I was bored with it long before I stopped reading, but held on to the hope that it would pick up the pace and become worthy to follow in the footsteps of its predecessors. No such luck.

The book is slow and sluggish. (Redundant, I know, but accurate.) It focuses around a war camp, and is almost entirely filler material. The 748 pages could easily be cut ...more

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Dec 16, 2017 Allyson rated it liked it

I thought that the ending was very strange until I recently realized I didn't read the last book. Now I feel much better about a weird ending to a trilogy.

I liked this book fine. I liked the story and although at times it seemed to drag a little I enjoyed it overall.
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Feb 11, 2012 Ellon rated it liked it · review of another edition

I think as this series goes on, it gets better and better. I only gave it three stars though because the whole dwarf section (which was quite long) was so boring. I loved the beginning and the end of this book (especially the end) but the middle part with the dwarfs and Roran disobeying all his commanders almost made me stop reading. I'm excited to read the last one. ...more

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