Showing posts with label Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fiction. Show all posts

Monday, May 28, 2012

0 Fourth book in the Inheritance cycle - Inheritance


Christopher Paolini launched the fourth and the final book in the inheritance cycle after an excruciatingly painful wait. The authors are following a trend of writing very long novels that just dont seem to finish! This book is no different. The book is indeed long, but nowhere do you feel lost out, there isn't much stagnation in the story, and the author keeps your rapt attention throughout the book. This isnt one of those sequels which are independent of thier prequels, you have to read the previous three novels- Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr - to fully understand the book.

The book starts off exactly where Brisingr left it. The Vardens armies have defeated many of the cities of the Empire, but still Galbatorix is unperturbed, which comes as no surprise because the King knows that his knowlege and sttrength, and that of the eldunaris is undefeatable. Even Eragon is not sure that if they even reach the gates of Urubaen, they stand no chance of defeating the king. Then eragon remembers the advice given by Solembum, he searches and searches the rock of Kuthian but cannot find any reference to the rock. But something miraculous happens and they find the Rock, it gives them much power and knowledge (In the form of something i might not reveal now!). By now the armies have reached Urubaen and wait for Eragon to return to lay siege to the city. Eragon does return, he does enter the palace, he does meet Galbatorix( Who has unlocked a power so potent that no magic would work against it, he can control his magic and that of thiers by only one word), and Galbatorix does capture Eragon and Saphira. They are helpless, all hope as been lost, Nasuada has been captured and the Varden's armies will fight in vain, unless someone figures out a way to slay Galbatorix. Either kill Galbatorix be doomed to live a life of misery, this is the choice that the leaders face. Will they succeed in this frightenigly enormous endeavor? Read Inheritance to find out!

In my opinion, a must read for all the Narnia, Harry Potter fans!

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

2 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

But of course, my first review would have to be this EPIC novel, as I would like to call it. This novel is the ultimate destination for all those who want to read about religious history, semiotics, and codes, this is THE book, as are the other Dan Brown novels.
The plot starts with the protagonist Dr Robert Langdon sleeping in the Ritz hotel in Paris. He is visited by a judicial police officer who takes him to the Louvre museum in which its curator was murdered. Now this Langdon is unsure how he is related to the incident, but he soon finds out that not only he is related but he is entrusted to a quest as old as time itself. He must first decrypt the codes left by the dying man with the help of a young cryptologist Sophie Neveu, only after that they realise what they have been looking for. They uncover a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to an age old mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. An object thought lost forever, a deadly race to possess it. Yes the most powerful men in the world seek to destroy the very thing that can prove to be a boon to mankind.
Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly make sense of the puzzle, a stunning historical truth will be lost, and mankind doomed to ignorance.

In my opinion this book is a no brainer. Every person who enjoys brain food must read it!
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