Hello, my name is Arya and I'm an avid Eragon fan. I just learned yesterday that the fourth book in the Inheritance Cycle is Inheritance and it's coming out November 8 2011!!!! omg tell me what you think!
Since this is about literature, this thread belongs in Popular Media.
In the tavern, anything goes. You can post whatever you want here. And im also very excited about the new book!!!! I also heard that the new movie is coming out but i dont know if that is true or not.
In the tavern, anything goes. You can post whatever you want here.
Yeah, but you don't but an art thread in The Tavern, you don't put a literature thread in The Tavern, they have their own individual sections for a reason.
In the tavern, anything goes. You can post whatever you want here.
Uh...No? There would be no need or use for those sections if that were true. If you want though, you could (the OP) change it to something better suited to this section of the forums.
The first one was terrible.
I completely agree.
I enjoyed reading those books to the pouint of obsession a few years ago but now i've moved onto more diverse and complicated literature.
It took Paolini just as long to write all the other ones as this one. Don't complain.
The following authors have completed more, and greater works than Paolini, in a shorter period of time. In fact, the time it has taken Paolini to complete his series is almost laughable in the literary world.
Stephen King (once averaged 2 books a year) Terry Goodkind Steven Erikson Brent Weeks (finished trilogy in about 2 years) Brian Ruckley (trilogy finished in a year or 2) R. Scott Bakker (only counting TPoN Trilogy) J.R.R Tolkien J.K Rowling Dean Koontz Phillip Pullman
Now, to criticize Paolini on his long waits between books is perfectly justified. He has provided us with a sub-par fantasy series with minimal character growth and an agonizing slow plot development. We're talking 9 years to write 4 books. Now, as a writer I understand these things take time, however, every single author I have listed has written and published at least 3 novels in a third of that time. Paolini's fanbase has moved on and he doesn't have the luxury that Rowling has where her books are memorable and able to grow with the reader.
Now, a short review of Brisingr
Paolini left us in Eldest with some hope that his plot would turn into a face paced and actioned packed adventure. When the series was extended by a book (3 novels to 4) I was expecting a greater development in the plot and some loose ends tied up. I couldn't have been more disappointed in the author a few short years ago, I viewed as promising. Paolini fell short on all my expectations. Not only were no loose ends, of greater significance, tied up, several more were added. The plot was mostly filler and the characters hardly seemed to grow at all. Eragon returned to a whiney pest and while Paolini tried to portray a tragic hero in him and Roran, both attempts came off as fake and, as I said before, Eragon became whiney making me want to stop reading. The only good bit of the book was the final battle, which was about the last 30 pages or so. But having to read 700 pages to get there wasn't worth it. In those pages I found nothing surprising. In fact the only plot developments that I could make note of aside from the Varden moving maybe 30 leagues from Eldest, was what Eragon learned about Galbatorix's power. But, let's be reasonable, we could have learned that in Eldest if Poalini didn't insist on such pooor dramatic build up and flipping between how people treat Eragon. One moment he's respected, the next he's being treated like a child. Frankly I'll only read the last book simply to finish this once hopefull, now pathetic, series.
yeah it says anything goes as long as it's appropriate so she can post about books by the way i dont read earagon or however u say it im just sticking up 4 my friend which is dragonrider val
yeah it says anything goes as long as it's appropriate so she can post about books by the way i dont read earagon or however u say it im just sticking up 4 my friend which is dragonrider val
I can barely make any sense of this. Precisely what are you saying?
yeah it says anything goes as long as it's appropriate so she can post about books by the way i dont read earagon or however u say it im just sticking up 4 my friend which is dragonrider val
Yes, the book says anything goes as long as ??? appropriate. She can ? about books. By the way, I have not read the inheritance series or whatever it is supposed to be called, i'm just supporting my friend whos name is dragonrider val.
I think that's what it says, we may need google translator.
I do not trust google translator for such things, though that's probably close to what she means.
My rebutal:
This is the internet.
I am no bashing your friend, I am bashing an author, who in my opinion, has wasted his talent. He wrote Eragon when he was fifteen. Good for him, he still writes like a fifteen year old. He is throwing as many fantasy stereotypes into his novels as possible and somehow making money and getting them published. I suppose the younger audience doesn't mind, but I am someone who is trying to write a novel as wel, I also read a number of books and have a good grasp on what makes amazing literature and what makes atrocious literature. You obviously know what I think of Paolini. If your friend wants to read his work by all means let her read his work. I don't care if she reads it.
Out of curiosity (though I doubt someone will) could someone explain why they enjoyed the entire Inheritance Cycle until this point. Please include reasonable answers. Simply saying "because it's cooool!" isn't much of an answer. Back up your reasoning.
