|
Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3) | 
| Author: Christopher Paolini
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $27.50
Buy New: $14.00
You Save: $13.50 (49%)
New (62) Used (19) Collectible (21) from $11.49
Rating:  413 reviews
Sales Rank: 16
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 784
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.9
ISBN: 0375826726
EAN: 9780375826726
ASIN: 0375826726
Publication Date: September 20, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| | | | | | Price | Condition | Seller | | $11.49
| Used | billbluesky (A1KS32YFDY73G)
Feedback Rating:  866 reviews
Location: United States (CA)
Comments: In Jacket.
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| $14.00
| New | annabellepat (A1NQP14ZA3QOSE)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| $14.93
| Used | --textbooksrus-- (A1KU5VMU83Q22A)
Feedback Rating: 31474 reviews
Location: United States (OH)
Comments: Ships SAME or NEXT business day. We Ship to APO/FPO addr. Choose EXPEDITED shipping, receive in 2-5 business days. See our member profile for customer support contact info. We have an easy return policy.
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| $14.95
| New | cseereader (A1U28V2FZKQB4F)
Feedback Rating: 7522 reviews
Location: United States (GA)
Comments: BRAND NEW - EXCEPTIONAL VALUE - EXCELLENT BUY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| $15.10
| New | fast_shipping-low_price (A2M1KCJT57WJHH)
Feedback Rating: 5889 reviews
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| $15.13
| New | Amazon.com (ATVPDKIKX0DER)
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
|
| $15.16
| New | a1books (A2ZGNN73WLXVFQ)
Feedback Rating:  83089 reviews
Location: United States (NJ)
Comments: Brand new item. Over 3.5 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Order with confidence. Code: A20081126105130W
Shipping: International shipping available
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| $16.88
| New | sbd- (A3ADN03F2ABAVW)
Feedback Rating: 20031 reviews
Location: United States (IN)
Comments: Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. 100% Money Back Guarantee, Over 1,000,000 customers served.
Shipping: International shipping available
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| $17.00
| Used | mhlewis (A2ZTNOVWB5OTPM)
Feedback Rating: 601 reviews
Location: United States (TX)
Comments: Read once, shows only very minor jacket wear, this item ships from Texas!
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| $17.45
| New | bookrackrh (A1SSUO20DOKMFO)
Feedback Rating: 27888 reviews
Location: United States (SC)
Comments: ** INTERNATIONL SHIPPING!!! SHIPS from 5 locations based on your Zip Code and availability! (PA TN IN OR SC) *-* Gift Quality *-* Orders Processed Immediately! - We get your book to you Very Quickly!
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 408 more reviews...
 NEEDS TO BE ABRIDGED December 2, 2008
After reading the first 2 books I am very disapointed with this book. I am listening to it on audio and have skiped disks just so I can keep listening. my advise just ask someone who has already read the book what happens. way to much information that is not needed. if there is an abridged version I would buy that before you try to read the entire book.
Fantasy or Travesty? December 2, 2008
I think Paolini could have accomplished the same things in a book half as long. Many times the story meandered off course and didn't find it's way back for quite some pages. In fact, quite a few things seemed completely unnecessary. It was too "graphic". Much of the book is spent describing gruesome scenes of carnage. It is NOT a series for people younger than 13.
Much of the book seemed like a game of chess for lack of a better desription. I could feel the author striving for things to make sense, trying to counter the reader's skepticism. I had a hard time believing in the magic system a few times. For example (spoiler), if Brisingr is really the true name of Eragon's new sword why can't other people control the blade if they also know the name? One person doesn't have possession of "rock". Knowing the true name of someone elses weapon would be a deadly advantage in combat.
A lot of this criticisms could be put to rest by some simple edits here and there. Other would be more difficult to amend, but maybe those things are subjective.
I must say that it was entertaining. Enough so that I didn't stop reading it until it was done. I needed to know how things turned out. There are many creative ideas that had me fascinated. I love the Dragons. That's the best part about this series I think. Christopher has potential. He has good ideas. But like some people have said, he lacks a good editor.
In summary, the good things are all too often overshadowed by the flaws. Such as plot, excessive description, "dithering" politics, etc...
I hope that the fourth book will be better, because in all truth I'm "attached" to this series and will see it to the end. For his own sake, and for the sake of his readers, I hope Paolini reads these reviews and remembers them when he writes the next book. This series could still end well!!
 Lost in Tronjiheim ... December 1, 2008
I enjoyed Eragon, thought that the second book was plodding ... and am deeply, deeply, deeply disappointed in Brisingr.
Like many others, I slogged through 100's of pages of Brisingr. When Eragon went to Tronjiheim and, sounding like an American tourist, started to whine about participating in a culture that views time differently from his own ...
.. I simply gave up and stopped reading.
I wanted to like Brisingr, but I got lost in Tronjiheim.
I can add little to the excellent reviews of Brisingr by Christopher Lintel and racapowski (When is Amazon going to allow links to other reviews within reviews? ;-)
So I'll content myself with adding my one star vote.
Note to Christopher Paolini: Please, sir. Find yourself a decent editor who will challenge you to become a better writer. You have potential.
One step forward, two steps back. December 1, 2008
Paolini is overrated. So grossly overrated. Yes, the guy is incredibly young and wrote a very good story at an age when your chiefest concern should be which zit to pop first. He should have stopped there. If anything, his skills have deteriorated throughout this series to a point where the effort to turn each page in this book feels like I'm lifting a station wagon.
I won't go on and on as it is apparent that this book has turned enough people against St. Christopher of Paolini, but I just want to get something off of my chest:
I hope Saphira dies.
Every time that dragon opens her mouth I just want to set the book on fire. Why Paolini made the choice to create this awesome character and then fill her craw with the most cliche, unoriginal dialogue is beyond my reasoning. She speaks like a romance novel.
Alright that's it. Don't buy this book.
Brisingr December 1, 2008
My 13 yr old daughter loved this book. It was a great gift for her.
|
|
| |
|
