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Post by drfluorescent on Jul 24, 2014 17:01:43 GMT -5
Have you guys read Eragon and the following books ?
I have some very strong opinions I'd like to voice regarding the author
(Spoilers)
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Post by urbanknight4 on Jul 24, 2014 17:50:44 GMT -5
That ending, though...
I felt like punching a wall. I actually threw the book across the room once I finished it.
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Post by RenegadeMizu on Jul 24, 2014 18:38:58 GMT -5
I enjoy throwing books across rooms. Should I read the series?
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Post by urbanknight4 on Jul 24, 2014 19:06:06 GMT -5
I enjoy throwing books across rooms. Should I read the series? Tell you what. The story is good until half of book 3 and all of book 4. Book 4's ending (THE ending, by the way) is absolutely craptacular. Paolini (the author) builds up this awesome story that just withers up and dies slowly until Book 4, where all the fans just stare at the book slowly in shame. Basically, read it. You'll love it and then you'll hate it. |
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Post by drfluorescent on Jul 24, 2014 20:37:24 GMT -5
Thank you! Finally, someone that understands!
Everybody sings praises of this story but no. You're not allowed to write an amazing story and then give a dumb ending like that.
It's as if Martin finished a Song of Ice and Fire with everyone dying and the Lannisters taking over; it's just a bad ending that doesn't do the story justice.
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Post by urbanknight4 on Jul 26, 2014 0:19:04 GMT -5
I happen to love that series as well. If that happens, I'm finding him and reenacting the red wedding on him.
Honestly, though, Paolinj is a jerk. He built it all up and let us down so hard, like a date you meet online but irl is super ugly. He had Eragon running after Arya for three books, and then he just leaves because he's "more mature now"
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Post by drfluorescent on Jul 26, 2014 16:34:53 GMT -5
There was a fanfic where Arya accepted Eragon and they married or something. It was written before Inheritance cane out, I think it's called Eldunarii or something
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Post by urbanknight4 on Jul 26, 2014 16:43:27 GMT -5
There was a fanfic where Arya accepted Eragon and they married or something. It was written before Inheritance cane out, I think it's called Eldunarii or something I'd love to read that. I still like the whole story, it's just the ending that was bad. All the characters were... They felt alive, you know? Paolini did a good job with them, you really felt what they did and what happened to them. |
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Post by Total Reverse on Jul 31, 2014 18:32:01 GMT -5
I actually enjoyed all 4 books and found the ending of the last one to be decent.
Not all stories have fairy-tale endings.
Eragon realized that his affection for Arya was just a crush, and that he was too young for her. He also knew that he had a responsibility to future riders, and that sometimes you have to give up happiness for the benefits of others.
The Inheritance cycle was instrumental in my teenage developement and it, along with several other things, helped me become the person I am today.
If I got any details incorrect, correct me. It's been years since I read the last one.
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Post by urbanknight4 on Jul 31, 2014 18:38:09 GMT -5
It's true that it can be interpreted that way, but it still felt like a big slap in the face to most of the readers.
Not only that, the fight with Galbatorix was so anti-climactic that I seriously hated it- why train and go through all those experiences and obtain all those skills through 3 and a half books only to find out that they wouldn't even help?
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Post by Total Reverse on Jul 31, 2014 18:44:10 GMT -5
Again, I disagree with you. I found the fight to be very well put together. And his training meant nothing because he had, what, 5 years at most of training? Galbatorix had been alive for hundreds. That's expecting a kid who took 1 karate lesson to defeat a black-belt master.
And I thought the whole "power of unspoken magic/dragon" power to be a good solution.
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Post by urbanknight4 on Jul 31, 2014 18:58:55 GMT -5
That's exactly why I thought it was a waste. If he was such an insurmountable obstacle, then why train in the first place if you're not even going to get on his level?
Also, extremely overpowered enemies are just...
I dunno, boring
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Post by Total Reverse on Jul 31, 2014 19:05:54 GMT -5
The training was so Eragon didn't die every 5 seconds. Using my earlier simile, without training, it would have been like throwing a twig at a black-belt karate master.
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Post by urbanknight4 on Jul 31, 2014 19:24:30 GMT -5
Didn't Arya begin to accept Eragon towards the end?
I'm pretty sure if she weren't filling in for Islanzadi (or whatever), she would have gone with Eragon.
Which brings me to my next point- there was no need to leave Alagaessia. There really wasn't. He had the word of power, all he needed to do was make a giant citadel or something in the middle of the desert, problem solved.
Bandits wouldn't tresspass, troops can't attack because he could make it high enough to only be accessible by dragon...
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Post by Total Reverse on Jul 31, 2014 20:06:23 GMT -5
I don't really remember, and if she did, I don't know why. Eragon was in his 20s and very immature compared to Elven children.
Look at what happened with Galbatorix. Eragon knew that as long as the dragons were bred/resided in Alagaësía, there would be a bunch of evil people willing to do anything to get their hands on that power. And Eragon figured that after enough attempts, someone would eventually get past his defenses.
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