The Inheritance Cycle is a series of young-adult fantasy novels by Christopher Paolini. Set in the fictional world of Alagaësia, the novels focus on a teenage boy named Eragon and his dragon Saphira as he becomes one of the few remaining Dragon Riders, a legendary group who governed the land in times past but were almost destroyed by a Rider named Galbatorix and the Forsworn, a group of thirteen Riders who betrayed their fellow Riders by swearing fealty to Galbatorix. After the Fall, when most of the Riders were slain, Galbatorix claimed the throne of Alagaësia. The tyrant king's greatest fear is that a new Rider will rise up and usurp his position as king of the Empire. Through the efforts of the rebel group, the Varden, and their leader/founder, Brom (in collusion with Jeod and Hefring) a dragon egg is stolen from Galbatorix, and by a whim of fate, is thrust upon a young farmboy in Palancar Valley named Eragon. As Galbatorix attempts to capture Eragon and his dragon, Eragon begins a journey into the past and the future of Alagaësia.
Review:
Hmm.. I have mixed feelings about the series. I'll start from the things I like about it..
I'm a big.. fan of dragons let's call it. So that's why I chose the book in the first place, I saw a dragon on the cover and was like 'ahh!! this might be good'. It turned out the guy had a decent idea - Eragon accidentally finds a 'stone' which happens to be a dragon's egg and so the whole story begins. He finds out about the Dragon Riders and the whole history and, honestly, everything is connected pretty well. The guy obviously had a good idea, and even though there are things that remind me of LOTR and Harry Potter so much, for a 15 years old boy to come up with a storyline like that, languages, ideas - seriously, that's an achievement.
I also liked how the story developed into more complicated and serious thing, new characters, places, facts, new plots, surprising and cliff-hanging moments - that was good.
The thing that really discourages me from finishing Brisingr is that obviously Paolini needs to work on his writing skills. Even though I said the idea's good, I really can't stand the way he writes. Maybe that's not 100% his fault, maybe the transtators failed at some point, but I feel he just can't fully express what he wants to say and all the dialogues are just.. somehow shallow and too elegiac and the same time, and also don't make sense at times.
I know that Slimmy read Eragon, I was wondering if anyone's into fantasy books in here besides him. If so - you might check out the series, it's decent.
