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Ah! *hides from the severity*
And I’m of the coach stereotype if I’m not mistaken.
And my fencing coach was awesome.
So I gues that means you’re wrong. *looks at my logic* Yes, I think I proved that sufficiently. Coaches are great.
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Fiction is real life!
*claps hands over ears*
*turns the other way*
I’m not listening to you anymore!
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@Kate-Flournoy Well he did refuse to tell Eragon everything. Wanted him to discover things himself, if I remember correctly. 😛
I’m extremely happy to hear Murtagh was your favorite, @Daeus. Extremely. He needed way more screen time in this series than he actually got. 🙁
And rotten ball of styrefoam? Oh dear. If it’s that bad already, stop reading. Or just ignore her further scenes. 😛
Oh and another thing, I remember the chapter names being good. I don’t generally pay that much attention to chapter names while reading the book, but looking in the table of contents beforehand can pique your interest if the names are good. Lots of these are. Though the books aren’t named very well. If you ever figure out why Eldest is called that, can you let us know? That’s the single greatest enigma for me about this. 😀
@Daeus ARE YOU CONCEDING THE SUPERIORITY OF MY ARGUMENT. O.o *trails off into evil cackling*
I’ve wondered for a while, what exactly does O.o mean? Some sort of emoticon, but what.
It’s supposed to look like googly eyes. 😉
@kate-flournoy No. I evaded the subject and yet still struck it from a different angle.
And you can stop yelling. Mark Kamibaya is very sensative to it.
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*folds hands in lap**subsides demurely*
*refrains from pointing out that you couldn’t have said ‘goodnight’ if you were gagged*
@Sierra-r Any thoughts on this? I think you’ve read ’em.
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Any thoughts on this? Yes I do. So many.
Unfortunately I’m constrained for time by an article I’m supposed to be researching and the fact it’s my brother’s birthday, so I will limit myself to this.
Paolini is a flawed, but good writer. All of us who were hooked on the characters and their joint quest despite the writer’s obvious failings can attest to that. I’ve read the series through about four times, and when I was younger I didn’t even see anything wrong with the unoriginality of the plot (though to be fair I hadn’t see Star Wars or LOTR yet so the whole saving-the-universe thing was still new to me). His world-building skills are top-notch and I have yet to discover another fantasy series where the rules surrounding magic and how it works are turned into an exact science (I haven’t read Harry Potter though, so perhaps someone could enlighten me as to how it matches up).
The last time I read the series it was out loud to my younger sister, and we mocked poor Eragon dreadfully for his awkwardness and hopeless pining after Aria. And yet, Eragon is still likable and a morally good character. But’s that’s just it. At the end of the day, for me the worst part is that Eragon triumphs through all of his trials and temptations because… he’s basically a good person. None of Eragon’s philosophical questions about the existence of higher powers are answered, but somehow good defeated evil once again for no particular reason. The writer’s worldview undeniable rings false.
Nonetheless, it’s still a very entertaining read that gets better and more creative as it goes on. The giant carnivorous snails in the last book, for instance. You won’t forget those in a hurry.
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