Mrs. Gillmore

2A

Matthew Harris

Book Review on Brisingr
Christopher Paolini's Brisingr intrigued me with its rare form of word use and awesome action scenes, along with an interesting story line. If you prefer a decent length book, and one that has a love story plus death defying action scenes i'd recommend Brisingr.

The theme of this book is probably as best as i can describe, good will overcome evil. I believe that the life lesson Christopher Paolini is trying to teach us that even against overwhelming odds, if you believe in yourself and others believe in you, you will succeed. For example Eragon the main protagonist in this story  along with his dragon Saphira fight his brother Murtagh and his dragon Thorn. Murtagh has been trained by the evil king Galbatorix and has much greater power than Eragon. However by sheer force of will and the assistance of his elven bodyguards Eragon beats Murtagh and saves the Varden "Rebel forces" from certain doom.

I feel like even though Eragon is a dragon rider, he is as simple a person as you or me. He can use magic, has a dragon, and even uses an enchanted sword, but through all this he still ends up having normal person problems, such as love and anger. Eragon is in love with an elf named Arya and even though she seems young, elves are immortal and she is centuries older than him. Due to the age difference and the war going on she won't accept his feelings.

The setting in this story takes you to a far away land called Alagaesia where the creatures are much larger than they should be, and humans are not the only sentient species. There are Elves, Dwarves, Dragons, Humans, and Urgals. But ever since Galbatorix took over the land Dragons, the oldest and most powerful race, have nearly went extinct. Also the day an age this book takes place is in some what the middle ages when people used swords and bows to do battle and used horses for transportation.
This book does connect with me on a personal level, because its fantasy and it makes me wish the world was actually like this. The possibilities of riding dragons and preforming amazing magical feats appeals to me. I wish the world was like this.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good fantasy action novel, with a side love story.