I only have two chapters left in this book, and quite frankly, it's turning out to be really anticlimactic. Apparently what happened is the author started writing this book, but he just kept going and going and it got so long that he decided to turn the last book in the series into the last two books in the series. So now all the rabid Eragon fans will have to wait another three years for the fourth and (hopefully) final book to come out. Y'know, I don't know if I'll actually read it or not... Whatevs.
Ooh, but guess what happened this section! Eragon made himself a sword! You know how the oaths are always coming back to bite him in the butt? Well that happened to someone else, the elvish smith. She vowed to never make a sword again, but then Eragon came and needed one. So in order to get around her oath, she had to take over Eragon's body and make the sword using his hands. And they also had no time, so they had to do it in one night. Which they magically could. Very handy. And then Eragon named the sword Brisingr, which means fire (LAME!!), and it bursts into flames whenever he says it's name. That's really boring, though. There are so many warlike, scary-sounding things he could have called it, and he chooses fire? If I had a sword, I'd name it something exciting like... I don't know. It'd be better than fire, though.
~Marcella
PS SUPER AWESOME AIR-HIGH-FIVE FOR REBECCA!!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Brisingr 2
Eragon is really annoying. That's really all I can say at this point. So in the last two books, all he did was swear oaths to people that he would do things for them. And now, he's spending all his time fulfilling these oaths. Like, it's seriously all he does, travel around and do stuff he's sworn to do but put off until now. He's the last Dragon Rider, okay? So he's like the most famous person ever and the only one who can get rid of the evil, immortal king. But is he going to go off and save the world? No! He's too busy fulfilling his oaths! He doesn't even know what he's doing half the time, too, because his teachers are either dead, in hiding, hundreds of miles away, or a combination of those, and so he's making up spells left and right and trying things out that he'd never be allowed to do if someone was actually paying attention to him because he's got no idea what he's doing. And of course, everyone loves him because he always manages to get everything right, anyways. He's the kind of person who would probably make me want to hit him if I ever met him.
I should probably give you a brief plot overview, actually, so you have some idea what I'm babbling about. So there's this guy, Eragon, and he has a dragon, Saphira. They're like the unifying force between all the different races in this land-Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Urgals (who are basically trolls), and they're trying to unite to defeat the evil king Galbatorix. Galbatorix's best fighter is Murtagh, and somehow he got a dragon egg and hatched it. The leader of the rebels is Nasuada, and Eragon has sworn his allegience to her, so he has a connection with humans. He has also become blood-brothers with the heir to the dwarvish throne, named Orik, and underwent a transformation so he has all the powers of an elf. The elf princess is named Arya (Eragon has a crush on her) and Eragon's cousin, Roran is a great warrior for the good guys. The book starts out with Eragon, Saphira, and Roran rescuing Roran's girlfriend Katrina from the clutches of Galbatorix. Saphira flies back to the good guy's camp with Roran and Katrina, while Eragon decides to explore Galbatorix's castle and then run home. Arya meets up with Eragon on his way home and they run together the rest of the way. When they get back, they are soon attacked by a horde of evil soldiers who don't feel pain, and so it's insanely hard to kill them, and also by Murtagh and his dragon. Eragon and Saphira drive off Murtagh but many good guys are killed before they are able to defeat the painless soldiers. Then Roran and Katrina get married because Katrina's pregnant, but Roran has to go on a mission soon after, so he tells Katrina to go to safety. Meanwhile, Nasuada tells Eragon to go to the dwarves to help them pick their king, but makes Saphira stay behind. That's about it so far. It's very complicated, no? If you actually managed to get through all that, you get a virtual air high five.
~Marcella
I should probably give you a brief plot overview, actually, so you have some idea what I'm babbling about. So there's this guy, Eragon, and he has a dragon, Saphira. They're like the unifying force between all the different races in this land-Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Urgals (who are basically trolls), and they're trying to unite to defeat the evil king Galbatorix. Galbatorix's best fighter is Murtagh, and somehow he got a dragon egg and hatched it. The leader of the rebels is Nasuada, and Eragon has sworn his allegience to her, so he has a connection with humans. He has also become blood-brothers with the heir to the dwarvish throne, named Orik, and underwent a transformation so he has all the powers of an elf. The elf princess is named Arya (Eragon has a crush on her) and Eragon's cousin, Roran is a great warrior for the good guys. The book starts out with Eragon, Saphira, and Roran rescuing Roran's girlfriend Katrina from the clutches of Galbatorix. Saphira flies back to the good guy's camp with Roran and Katrina, while Eragon decides to explore Galbatorix's castle and then run home. Arya meets up with Eragon on his way home and they run together the rest of the way. When they get back, they are soon attacked by a horde of evil soldiers who don't feel pain, and so it's insanely hard to kill them, and also by Murtagh and his dragon. Eragon and Saphira drive off Murtagh but many good guys are killed before they are able to defeat the painless soldiers. Then Roran and Katrina get married because Katrina's pregnant, but Roran has to go on a mission soon after, so he tells Katrina to go to safety. Meanwhile, Nasuada tells Eragon to go to the dwarves to help them pick their king, but makes Saphira stay behind. That's about it so far. It's very complicated, no? If you actually managed to get through all that, you get a virtual air high five.
~Marcella
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Brisingr
by Christopher Paolini
This is the third book in the Eragon series. It's fantasy, which I used to read all the time, but now I don't so much. I read the first two books a couple of years ago, and they were really good, so now I'm excited to read the final book. It's super complicated, though. There are so many characters and places and things with long, unpronounceable names, and it's really hard to keep track of them all, especially because the last time I read it was six months ago. Luckily, the author must have realized the difficulty of keeping everything straight and included a ten-page summary of the first two books.
So I actually just started this book. It started out with Eragon and his cousin Roran comparing bruises from their various battles. I almost rolled my eyes. It's such a guy thing... they were all, oh, your scars are nothing! I have a bruise! No, I have a bigger bruise! No, I have a more painful scar! I mean, that's not exactly something to brag about, who's in the most pain. They're really quite stupid if you think about it. I mean, the plot of these books is incredible, I love it, but every once in awhile there's a part like this that just makes me think, why do I even bother?
~Marcella
This is the third book in the Eragon series. It's fantasy, which I used to read all the time, but now I don't so much. I read the first two books a couple of years ago, and they were really good, so now I'm excited to read the final book. It's super complicated, though. There are so many characters and places and things with long, unpronounceable names, and it's really hard to keep track of them all, especially because the last time I read it was six months ago. Luckily, the author must have realized the difficulty of keeping everything straight and included a ten-page summary of the first two books.
So I actually just started this book. It started out with Eragon and his cousin Roran comparing bruises from their various battles. I almost rolled my eyes. It's such a guy thing... they were all, oh, your scars are nothing! I have a bruise! No, I have a bigger bruise! No, I have a more painful scar! I mean, that's not exactly something to brag about, who's in the most pain. They're really quite stupid if you think about it. I mean, the plot of these books is incredible, I love it, but every once in awhile there's a part like this that just makes me think, why do I even bother?
~Marcella
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