Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I was wondering what a four part story would look like. In a sense, this book is about the completing of Eragon and Saphira as rider and dragon. Before the last book, which must be climactic, the hero needs to find himself, find a ray of light and come to be on his own as a champion. His discovering his own weapon, his heritage and the weakness of his enemy all transpire in this book, which leads us to understand that books 2 and 3 in this series actually form the traditional middle piece.
Perhaps why he split the middle section into two books is that Paolini has created a very rich world as his setting. In fantasy books, most often is the setting (context) itself part of the interest, a kind of characterization itself of the world, which passively takes place in the adventure.
The dialogue is still direct. There is little character interaction to signify personality. The characters speak very rationally to one another, to further along the plot and the various relationships between one another. A very well written book, with very little roughness to interfere with our enjoyment of the story. I wonder that I like this series so much. I suppose the principles behind it in their pure relations of fantasy allow the fantasy to “come alive” by directly expressing what is of interest. Heroics, good against evil, status, and personal virtue in the form of great will power. I wonder how the last book will play itself out, if the characters are to show any increase in complexity, or if they are still to be vessels of the plot and the fact that they are all good guys and therefore must come to identify with one another in their goodness.
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