Okay, so I forgot to add other things to that other post about Eragon, so here's some more in depth stuff.
Ok, I've noticed that his charcters aren't motivated enough for what Paolini wants them to do. Eragon says he's going to kill the Re'zac to revenge Garrow and Brom, but he's almost never suffering from their deaths. Right after they die, yeah he's sad, but he doesn't even bring it up again. There's no pain, there's no ravenous desire for blood, he just says, "I'm going to kill the Ra'zac cause they killed my family and friends." Okay...explain your pain. How does that make you feel? I just don't see any emotion.
Even Roran who's supposedly madly in love with Katrina, yet, I don't see it. He reasons too much and he has too many plans. If you're insanley in love, can you have any plans or reason? Shakespeare has said that reason and love have no company together...or something like that. (Jack A., could you give me the qoute for that? You said it a few times today.)
There's a part in book three, where they're about to storm Helgrind (the Ra'zacs' lair) and Roran goes, (let's attack in the morning. They're too strong right now." Oh my heck! If he's madly in love with her, he'd take on his enemies anytime of the day! Eragon should have to hold him back and persuade him to attack tomorrow but no.
Another point, the writing in the third book is sucky! The first one I could understand. This one, I'm taking a trip to the dictionary every other word. I don't know what you're saying, and I have no desire to look it up. The flow of his words is even stupid. Speak not in riddles, as he would say.
In my opinion, the only reason he got published, is because his daddy was a publisher and said, "Oh sonny boy, this is a cool book! I'll go and publish it to make you happy." I don't even think he got put through an editing process cause any editor for a major publisher would've pointed out every last thing that I have said.
Seriously, don't be ignorant of the facts. It is what it is...AND IT SUCKS! Crap is crap, nothing else.
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You are evil. Eragon is a rely good book.
Marie, take it from a writers point of view (which you might not understand) but it's kind of like Americans trying to copy Anime.
I agree with you alex that eragon is very similar to star wars and lord of the rings. I also agree with you that the third book isnt up to his normal standard. (personally, i think that the thrid book was his worst one yet. It really had no purpose other than to kill off Omoris and glaeder and get a sword back) but you have to look at the book for what it is. It has a classic storyline that engages the reader and make them feel for the characters and the characters are easy to relate to. You might pick apart the storyline and find flaws in it everywhere if you wanted. The point is that you shouldn't want to. If you go into any book with an attitude like that, you will never be satisfied.
True McKenzie. And thanks for spoiling the whole thing for me! I'm only 70 pages in.
But still, I can't feel the characters emotions or motives.
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