Inheritance Review

What better joy in the world than to finish an epic fantasy series. Most of us if not all of us enjoy fantasy novels be them urban fantasy, epic fantasy, high fantasy and the list can continue on to what seems like an epic proportion. I know when I finish fantasy series I feel a relief of longing because you spent a majority of your time in this world and got to know the character so, when the story is over you might not want to leave. If you get that feeling of not wanting to leave from any series especially a fantasy series, then the author did his job correctly.

Another high fantasy novel series full with cliche elements about humans, elves and good versus evil scenario. However we still love those story no matter how cliche as long as the characters and plot captivate us to forget that its cliche. Inheritance and Inheritance Cycle does just that splendidly because I saw those cliche elements on countless and I mean countless pages. Those elements were litter throughout the series such as the mentors, creating of the sword and the meaning behind the names of things. All of these elements and more are present in the novels, but I didn't care I was involved with the characters most of the time. Maybe it was easier for me to overlook the cliche elements because I am a character driven reader or I choose not to judge the novel and author use of cliches and read the novel for what it was cliches and all. The story is of a young boy turn Dragon Rider, whom strives to free all the lands of an evil tyrant's tyranny. How cliche can you get with that, but the series is great especially the journey of the author's writing style because with each new installment his writing improve each time. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Brisingr Review

Hello crazies and welcome to another review this time it into a land of magic and adventure. Who doesn't love a good high fantasy series? This land of magic is populated by elves, dwarves and humans along with other magical creatures; its the land of the Dragon Riders of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle. The novel in question is the third book in the four part series, Brisingr. What brought me to read this series was in fact the average fantasy film of the first book, Eragon, in which a poor farm boy hatches a dragon from an egg. I know what some of you might be thinking, how could you enjoy the movie that didn't do the book justice. I say that the movie made me want to read and develop my understanding of the series with the characters and legends.

What is there to say about Brisingr by Christopher Paolini? The only thing coming to mind would to utter the words epic fantasy and by George that is exactly what this novel is. It contains within its seven hundred and forty-eight pages everything that a fantasy should contain. You have a system of magic, an evil entity that need to be stopped and religion. This has it all the only downside to the novel would be the so-called "ancient language" and many other languages. With the languages the read becomes a little slow around them, but is an interesting tool however I think less is more in regards to the languages. All in all, a most read for any fantasy lover looking for a epic read. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC