Ronan stare at the round flat stone he held cupped in his hands. His eyebrows met in a scowl of frustration."Sterna ri'sa!" he growled under his breath. The stone refused to budge."What are you up to, Stronghammer?" asked Carn, dropping onto the log where Ronan sat.Slipping the stone into his belt, Ronan accepted the bread and cheese Carn had brought him and said," Nothing. Just wool gathering."Carn nodded. " Must do so before a mission." (Paolini 399)
This assessment is based off of what I just read along with my vague memory of the past reading. Carn, called Stronghammer, is the brother of Eragon, the main character. His is a leader of a group of 30 men, with Carn as his second in command. they are about to go to War with someone. Another thing I got is that he is trying to do sorcery, but is not very good at it. What I have read so far is just talking, and no action. So I am starting to see why I stopped reading it. Hopefully It will pick up, or I get my new Kindle, Ether way is good with me.
Paolini, Christopher. Brisingr. New York City, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
troy: sorry to hear about your kindle! I think I actually might've heard of this book before, does it have to do with dragons?
ReplyDeleteLet me start by saying that when I used to read this series, it also took me forever to read and I had to stop and restart numerous times. I read the first two books and I thought they were really good but they did take a long amount of time to get through. For me, what is interesting about these books, is how I can find them interesting yet boring and lengthy at the same time.
ReplyDeleteTroy, I hope that starting the book, well, continuing to the book in such an unorthodox manner works well for you. Jumping in at page 400 definitely could leave a few things out.
ReplyDeleteIn addition, I tried reading this series too, I just barely got past the title page of the second book before I got bored of it.
@ Cathapride, yes you probably have heard of this series before. It is the third book in a series right after Eragon and Eldest. And yes, it does have to do about dragons.
ReplyDelete@ d hoyer and athornian, I defiantly see what you all are saying about this book about how it can be interesting and boring at the same time. As a matter of fact, the only way I got through the first two books was listening to the cassette tapes.
@ all,The Amazon customer service is amazing my new kindle came in yesterday. I don't think it would be fare to just stop reading this book again, so I am determined to finish this book.
I'm actually really impressed that you jumped right into the text again. I cannot say that I have read any of this series of books, but I certainly have heard of them. I'm interested to see how the experience is different with such a large gap between readings. You should mention that in your next post.
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