Book Review: Eldest

A little less than three years after reading Christopher Paolini's Eragon, I could remember about half the key points. Thankfully, the synopsis at the beginning of the second volume of the Inheritance Cycle is more than adequate to get one up to speed.

( Cut for length )

In general, I think Paolini matured a bit between volumes, or perhaps he got his own intensive training. There's not as much action as I seem to recall in Eragon, and Eldest is none the worse for that. It even runs about 170 pages longer without trying my patience, tho I had to keep a dictionary on hand for occasional old-fashioned words. I think I'll pick up volume 3, Brisingr, someday.

In the meantime, I'm starting on Catherynne M. Valente's Space Opera. That ought to be amusing.