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Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3) | 
 enlarge | Author: Christopher Paolini
Creator: Gerard Doyle
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
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Rating:  414 reviews
Sales Rank: 2137
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 23
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5.3 x 2.5
ISBN: 0739368044
EAN: 9780739368046
ASIN: 0739368044
Publication Date: September 20, 2008
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Product Description
BRISINGR EXCLUSIVE: The audio edition of Brisingr features a revealing Q & A between best-selling author Christopher Paolini and editor Michelle Frey.
OATHS SWORN . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide.
Following the colossal battle against the Empire’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.
First is Eragon’s oath to his cousin Roran: to help rescue Roran’s beloved, Katrina, from King Galbatorix’s clutches. But Eragon owes his loyalty to others, too. The Varden are in desperate need of his talents and strength—as are the elves and dwarves. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices— choices that take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.
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?
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| Customer Reviews: Read 409 more reviews...
 Disappointing effort December 2, 2008
Despite their flaws, I enjoyed the other books in the Inheritance series. Paolini is creative while clearly paying homage to many other fantasy stories. However, this book is painfully slow and poorly written. Pages are spent, Moby-Dick style, exploring details that have no bearing on the plot. It's as if the writer did a lot of background research (on swords, for instance) and then couldn't manage to let any of it go. Similarly, he seems to want to explore the post-traumatic stress soldiers experience, but is unable to create scenes that express the characters' personal experiences realistically. Instead he dwells on the gruesome violence of battles while the after-effects on characters is all very similar and bland. The only thing that kept me reading Brisingr was the fact I'd already spent time on the other books. This one needed more editing.
NEEDS TO BE ABRIDGED December 2, 2008
After reading the first 2 books I am very disapointed with this book. I am listening to it on audio and have skiped disks just so I can keep listening. my advise just ask someone who has already read the book what happens. way to much information that is not needed. if there is an abridged version I would buy that before you try to read the entire book.
Fantasy or Travesty? December 2, 2008
I think Paolini could have accomplished the same things in a book half as long. Many times the story meandered off course and didn't find it's way back for quite some pages. In fact, quite a few things seemed completely unnecessary. It was too "graphic". Much of the book is spent describing gruesome scenes of carnage. It is NOT a series for people younger than 13.
Much of the book seemed like a game of chess for lack of a better desription. I could feel the author striving for things to make sense, trying to counter the reader's skepticism. I had a hard time believing in the magic system a few times. For example (spoiler), if Brisingr is really the true name of Eragon's new sword why can't other people control the blade if they also know the name? One person doesn't have possession of "rock". Knowing the true name of someone elses weapon would be a deadly advantage in combat.
A lot of this criticisms could be put to rest by some simple edits here and there. Other would be more difficult to amend, but maybe those things are subjective.
I must say that it was entertaining. Enough so that I didn't stop reading it until it was done. I needed to know how things turned out. There are many creative ideas that had me fascinated. I love the Dragons. That's the best part about this series I think. Christopher has potential. He has good ideas. But like some people have said, he lacks a good editor.
In summary, the good things are all too often overshadowed by the flaws. Such as plot, excessive description, "dithering" politics, etc...
I hope that the fourth book will be better, because in all truth I'm "attached" to this series and will see it to the end. For his own sake, and for the sake of his readers, I hope Paolini reads these reviews and remembers them when he writes the next book. This series could still end well!!
 Lost in Tronjiheim ... December 1, 2008
I enjoyed Eragon, thought that the second book was plodding ... and am deeply, deeply, deeply disappointed in Brisingr.
Like many others, I slogged through 100's of pages of Brisingr. When Eragon went to Tronjiheim and, sounding like an American tourist, started to whine about participating in a culture that views time differently from his own ...
.. I simply gave up and stopped reading.
I wanted to like Brisingr, but I got lost in Tronjiheim.
I can add little to the excellent reviews of Brisingr by Christopher Lintel and racapowski (When is Amazon going to allow links to other reviews within reviews? ;-)
So I'll content myself with adding my one star vote.
Note to Christopher Paolini: Please, sir. Find yourself a decent editor who will challenge you to become a better writer. You have potential.
One step forward, two steps back. December 1, 2008
Paolini is overrated. So grossly overrated. Yes, the guy is incredibly young and wrote a very good story at an age when your chiefest concern should be which zit to pop first. He should have stopped there. If anything, his skills have deteriorated throughout this series to a point where the effort to turn each page in this book feels like I'm lifting a station wagon.
I won't go on and on as it is apparent that this book has turned enough people against St. Christopher of Paolini, but I just want to get something off of my chest:
I hope Saphira dies.
Every time that dragon opens her mouth I just want to set the book on fire. Why Paolini made the choice to create this awesome character and then fill her craw with the most cliche, unoriginal dialogue is beyond my reasoning. She speaks like a romance novel.
Alright that's it. Don't buy this book.
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