Yeah, I haven't read anything since I was younger either. They annoyed me because I felt like Paolini 'cheated', like, he built up the bad guy (oh god, I don't even remember his name anymore!) so much as so powerful and undefeatable and then just gave Eragon some extra magic out of the blue. It felt very Deus Ex Machina.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Galbatorix I think? I remember liking the books, then partway through brisingr he just had like ten pages of forging the sword and it's literally just explaining how to make a katana and it made me realize he's not that good at writing. Setting, and magic system? Great. The prose? Ouch.

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I tried reading one of his sci-fi novels recently. It was incredibly intriguing but led, literally nowhere. There was no resolution whatsoever.

[–] Feeee23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I see your point but to be fair it was his first book series. I think he startet writing them in his teens, i would say knowing what i kown now he didn't planed it thru and also its like a mashup of other popular things like Lotr but reading them in my early teens i was really invested and loved them :) I also read 'to sleep in a see of stars' and there the plot was definitely more coherent but it also had some stretches. But i took my nostalgic glasses out of a box and read Murthag and at least with them it was really good

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No, I get that. I think, similarly, I read them in my early teens, and absolutely loved the early ones (My copy of Eragon is really battered) and they were quite special books for me, which is probably why the ending upset me so much!