Book Review: Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
The Inheritance Cycle (formerly known as the Inheritance Trilogy a.k.a. the books: Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr) by Christopher Paolini is definitely the new ‘Harry Potter’, and more, for me. This series is a definite must-read!
It starts off with the story of a simple farm boy, who happened to find a dragon’s egg, thus leading to his destiny as the last free Dragon Rider, to saving his country, Alagaësia, from it’s tyrant, Galbatorix. (Super Summary!) The story is quite hard to follow since there are a lot of complicated names and a few choice of events, plus the books are long since Christopher Paolini gives a lot of effort into describing the places in the book. This is both a good thing and bad thing for me because sometimes it gets a bit boring reading such long descriptions, but at the same time, you really get to imagine the area as if it were reality.
What I like most about the Inheritance Cycle is that Christopher Paolini manages to keep his audience entertained even if his books are long, and the gap between his 2nd book Eldest, and his 3rd book Brisingr, was in itself quite long. He still managed to keep his writing style consistent, and the character development was smooth and well developed. Although, I wished he wrote more about the relationship between Arya and Eragon.
All in all, his latest book Brisingr met my expectations, and was just as good (in terms of writing style) as his previous books. Although, for me, the best book out of the three would be the Eldest, since most of the action happened there. I can’t wait for his last book! :3
Personal Rating: 9/10
~ Because there wasn’t much action compared to the Eldest.
~ Because he maintained his style, and comparing this series to Harry Potter, there was no sudden change in the personality of Eragon.
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