![]() ![]() In fact, for me, Paolini’s third book – Brisingr – was the first book that I ever reviewed for Fantasy Book Review, and I gave it 3.2 out of 10. Except when you consider that the Inheritance Cycle was published over eight years, in which time one would expect an author to improve and hone their craft – which he did, by the last book.Īs I said … jumping rope between mediocrity and brilliance. Conversely, however, you can forgive much of that for the fact that he was 16 when he published Eragon. Unfortunately, however, his blatant mirroring of more famous fantasy literary works in his own is hard to ignore. To be fair, much of the vitriol directed towards Paolini is more for the film adaptation of Eragon than his work in general. More common are those who occupy the space in between – ranging from mediocre through to brilliant.Īnd I have never encountered an author who plays jump-rope between mediocrity and brilliance quite so frequently as Christopher Paolini, author of the at once much-maligned and much-beloved Inheritance Cycle. Realistically, these are rare, as brilliance is often as hard to come by as true literary rubbish. There are those who are peerless, and those who are decidedly not. ![]() When it comes to any genre of literature there is always a mixture of talents vying for attention. ![]()
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