Was i the only person who was disgusted by the zombie soldier thing?

[Beau]

I thought that page was terrible espically when he started laughing

[Caitlin]

Nope. I was pretty much disgusted with it too, but it showed how evil the people were.

[Jason]

i dont remember that part. hmmm

[Beau]

that's the part where they chopped off his head and he yanked the arrow out of his foot with the meat still on it

[Allison]

I actually thought it was one of his most original ideas, which I appreciated since most of his story is an amalgamation of other authors' work. Yes it was disturbing, but it was supposed to be. It helped illustrate the lengths Galbatorix would go to to maintain his throne. He did not care what happened to his soldiers as long as they were victorious.

[Iesha (In east shade house at...)]

I have to agree with Allison on the part about Galbatorix showing his the level in which he was willing to go to maintain his position, except for one point: I thought that part was cool! ^*^

[Lauren]

It was quite disgusting but i think it accurately got the message across about the lengths Galbatorix was ready to go to achieve his goal. I think it was harsh and brute and made you think about how disgusting and evil that was.

[[deleted user]]

I really didn't like it. Personally, this book is my least favourite in the series. Mainly because of the violence which suddenly became VERY graphic in my opinion. I don't really like graphic violence that much. At one point I got so grossed out, that I had to turn the page and skip that part. That's not something I want to experience while reading a good book :( But this is just my personal opinion. :) It all depends on your preferences I guess :)

[Johnathan Nakaahiki]

I liked it. For me it made the book more... cool. The guy is a evil wizard, so why not have zombie like guy.

[Jerry]

I have to agree it was one of the more original ideas penned in a while. Puts a new name on cannon fodder, only in this case cannon fodder with a serious sting. Underlying psychology, could Galbatorix's grip be weakening? If you have to go to such extents to cause men to exact such damage, you'd loose the ability to retreat and regroup. Your troops would constantly dwindle away. That was my impression.

[Sparrowlicious]

That was the 'soldiers who don't feel pain' thing, right?
I thought that was extremely stupid. Pain is a good thing for a soldier because it helps them know when they had enough. Taking away their ability to feel pain is also a problem regarding the number of soldiers the empire has because well, they keep fighting until they're dead instead of, you know, trying to survive at all cost, which is more logical.

[Marcos]

I wasnt it just showed the power and determination of Galbatorix.

[David]

Personally I liked it for many of the reasons stated above, it showed the lengths that Galbatorix was willing to go. In a book where the war escalates so much there needs to be a bit of graphic violence. I also think it fit in very well, if you have such a grasp of magic and can alter the human body to that degree don't you think somebody like Galbatorix would do it? I'd have been more let down if they had put anything less considering who we're talking about and the amount of knowledge he should be bringing to the table here.

[Ruby]

I found it long, disgusting, and unnecessarily-detailed. I think that all the encounters with these monsters were way too long, even accounting for Paolini's thing with not editing enough. After a while, the sections were boring as well as gross. I think that Paolini should know that sometimes he gets the point across much faster than he believes.