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I don’t know if I’m happier that I finished this book or that I’m finally pushing at least one of the Inheritance books off of my bookshelf display.

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It’s been a little while since I’ve posted here. The main reason is that I’ve been spending my online time working on my secret site redesign. I’m extremely close to finishing and after the work I did this afternoon, I think I’m in pretty good shape to launch in the next couple of days.

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I’m three books deep into this “cycle” and I really wish that Paolini would do the world a favor and just stop writing. In Brisingr, he adds Dragonheart and Redwall (sword forged from the metal of a falling star) to his list of stolen themes, while remaining true to form and adding nothing new to them. Much of the writing continues to be amateur, including several paragraph-long sentences punctuated with a single comma. These sentences and much of his description is filled with useless information in an attempt to sound flowery…

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Eragon by Christopher Paolini

My review

rating: 1 of 5 starsThe concept of dragon riders seems like it would be cool, but I think it’s poorly executed. So much of the plot is predictable, from the missing parents to the wise old man with a mysterious past.
The illusion of depth is maintained [...]

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