Lowly’s Book Blog

Finally the day arrived. The 20th of September. I had to wait until Monday before I actually laid my hands on a copy of this book, but that gave me time to clear away the reading pile and really enjoy this next offering in the Inheritance cycle.

I won’t spend time with ‘the story so far’. If you haven’t read Eragon and Eldest, stop reading this and go find them. No- seeing the movie of Eragon is not enough. The movie was made on a low budget and all too much of the charm of the story was lost.

Brisingr opens with Eragon and Saphira trying on their way to rescue Katrina. Almost immediately Eragon is presented with a moral dilemma. The solution leads to more adventures and problems to be solved and the reader is rapidly caught up in the tension.

Paolini has demonstrated amazing growth as an author. Eragon was very much your typical quest adventure. In Eldest, the story expanded and demonstrated the hero’s growing concern with ‘big issues’. In this third book the reader can see a developing confidence in the author that enables him to handle almost any issue effectively.

I did have some questions about where to place this book in age. It certainly appeals to older students and adults, but yet there are an equal number of lower secondary students queueing up for their copy.