Brisingr

Book Title: Brisignr Author: Christopher Paolini
Pages: 748 Publisher: Alfred Knowpf
Why did you decide to read the book?
I had previously read the first two books of this trilogy so I decided to read the third since I liked both of those.
Brief Summary of Book (6-8 sentences): The book starts off with Eragon and his brother searching for Katrina who has been captured by the ra’zac. Eragon and his friends have retrieved Katrina and Eragon decides to stay and kill the ra’zac. He then returns to the Varden which is in the mountains where all of his people are. There is a wedding that is taking place and during it there is an army of the King’s men who are sent to try and hurt the people from the Varden. Later on in the book Eragon and Arya become more attached to one another
Audience: The audience for this book is the young adult section because it is a book about dragons and spells.
Writing Style: The writing style is complex and descriptive
Description – There is a lot of high level vocabulary words in the book and in battle scenes the author gets very descriptive
Passage – “At her bidding, Eragon knelt in front of Elva. Her lustrous violet eyes bored into him as he placed her small hands between his larger ones.
Vocabulary:
Word Succumb Definition To give way to superior force
Sentence & page it came from. “Again she succumbed to the wanton attraction of blodhgarms odor” page 175
Passage #1: “While Eragon worked the warm dough, Saphira lay basking on a nearby patch of grass.” Page 305
Passage #2: “Eragon rested his elbows on his knees, his eyes darting from one dwarf to another.” Pager 541
Theme: Life brings forth opportunities to all sorts of people
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