Inheritance Cycle (PB): Brisingr : Or the Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular (Series #03) (Hardcover)

from heathersblue

Paolini's third book is much better written that the previous two-and I enjoyed it. I'm a little dissappointed that the promised trilogy is no longer a trilogy, however. With better editing it could have been a smash hit and wrapped up the whole story. There was a bit more wandering around in the...

from bookworm148

Aside from the actual writing, this book is great. Because it is the second-to-last book in the series, the majority of it is spent getting all of the characters to where they need to be for the final book. That means that there is not a ton of action or new developments. However, we do get a lot...

from horomnizon

I love this series....but sometimes I have to laugh at Paolini's simplicity (or should I say youth? inexperience?) - the cliches he uses and sometimes he flat out states his views instead of inferring them as a more experienced writer might do. Some of his foreshadowing seems obvious, but I'll ha...

from Sonnenblume84

Book 3 in the Inheritance Series was better than book 2. The story did not move quite as slow although parts of it still dragged on. It was, however, not as predictable and presented some new twists to the story. Paolini goes to great lengths to make sure his reader really understands who the bad...

from brokenangelkisses

"Brisingr" means 'fire' in the ancient language of the world Paolini has created; unfortunately, 'fire' is exactly what this story lacks. In fact, it plods. Conversations are followed by internal moralising (of a very limited nature) which is followed by some political debate (ie. more conversati...