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Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

18 reviews

dani_reis's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Animal death, War, Violence, and Torture

cturn's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy, and Slavery

bettysbookishworld's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Brisingr is more focused on politics and war strategies in comparison to the first two books. These are my favourite aspects in books, so I enjoyed it a lot more than the second book. Its pacing and action sequences together with politics, worldbuilding and learning about magic are similar to the first book, therefore, the story feels more balanced and engaging. The new plot twists were unexpected and the ending almost made me cry. This book made it definitely worth it to read the series and I'm excited to read the finale! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, and Violence

yruss972's review

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent

sanctuary_in_the_pages's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, War, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

readbyella_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

laszloluvr's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, and Murder

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, and Slavery

avsdhpn's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

 I started the Inheritance series back in high school over a decade ago, finally got around to reading the third installment. Thus continues the adventures of Eragon and Saphira as they embroil themselves in the politics of their world as war is about to begin.
Paolini definitely could have used an editor, he meanders needlessly and tends to fixate on the unnecessary. The 750 page book could have easily been ~500 with a few snips here an there. I'll be a little generous and say some of his homages to other works of fiction were also fairly blatant (a city called Gil'Ead taken over by the evil empire for example). The first half of the book was a bit of a slog, but around 2/3rds of the way through, it picked up and got more interesting. Points for adding a synopsis of the previous books at the beginning! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Ableism, and Animal death

thelostbookmark11's review

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Death of parent, Torture, and Pregnancy