I recently finished Brisingr by Christopher Paolini, the third installment if the Inheritance Cycle. The series was originally planned as a trilogy, but a fourth book is now in the works and the series has been renamed a "cycle". I listened to the unabridged version and it was over 29 hours long.
I am a big fan of the first two installments (Eragon & Eldest) but I was disappointed in Brisingr. I found the book self-indulgently wordy, drifting off relevant story lines in order to drone on with unending descriptive nonsense. I wish the Author had edited his scribing enough to keep the series a trilogy.
My favorite passage from the book: "Grim and out of sorts, without patience for the ordinary delays of life". I have to give props where they are due - that is beautiful writing - writing you can feel.
I give this book 2 out of 5 stars. It is worth a read only if you liked the first two books and want a long-winded bridge to the fourth (and I hope final) book in the cycle.
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