Brisingr discussion

In all honesty i like Brom but to me he was kinda insignificant to me in the series so Eragon being his son really didnt move the story along or make me care. I felt the story would have better been serve if Eragon was the villian son. Paolini by Brinsigr got lost in this world he created. I felt i could travel anywhere in Alagaesia and not get lost but he couldnt create a story to move the adventure along. And if u think about it the book really didnt have a plot, or any mind blowing revelations or surprises. Or maybe this series wasn't meant to be four book series so maybe he had written the ending and the publishers wanted another book for more money and he just ran out of ideas and Brisingr is the result

I kind of have to go with Monica as far as whether or not he was Brom's son, although if it turned out he really was "the villain's son" it would have been exactly like Star Wars and way too cliche. Maybe that's why Paolini changed it halfway through the series, so it wouldn't be exactly the same. I think he did a good job with the plot overall, although it did move slowly in places, it just shows his youth in his plot development. He becomes a better writer throughout the series, but he had to stick with the building blocks he'd already created.

I know I'm late on this but I want to say it anyway:
Paolini's greatest weakness is that he adds to scenes that are not needed in a story. He draws out things endlessly so important plot points take long to arrive. If he had edited his books properly you wouldn't have to be upset with this.

I think the reason he didn't introduce these sooner is that he simply hadn't thought of them.

I don't like the books very much for this reason: Paolini is terrible at editing and puts in way too much detail so that the pace is super-slow. Like faux-LotR slow.

I think he came up with these ideas after the 1st/2nd book and needed some way to put them in without causing too much of a stir: having characters say, "Oh I just didn't feel like telling you because I thought it unimportant" does that (not very well). I think the reactions were so bad because the only way to react to those things correctly would be to do something brilliant that flows nicely with the plot, and Paolini just didn't do it that way. It's a shame, too, because it makes the books even more like Star Wars.

I don't suppose trust was something that you would have given to just anybody. If you'll recall, there was a point where the books said that the elves used to call each other by their true names, so obviously, there was a decrease in trust. For good cause. "If you had lived with this fear, you would have learned the same lesson I did: don't take chances." - Murtagh

Also, it specifically states that saphira wasn't quite sure what it did.