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I agree with all of this.

But it wasn't painful to read through, unlike TSiaSoS.

I especially agree with this and am glad to see I am not the only one who noticed it. It is physically unpleasant for me to read and I do not think I have encountered that before.

There is no tension, no characters, no plot, no emotions. Nothing. Chris wrote alot of words, but it felt empty. Kinda remind me of my old writings. Urgh...

Seconded.

The worse part for me, is that everything is being told, not shown in his prose. So I do not feel what the character's feels when X happens, nor what Y is going to do instead of Z. It's drives me nuts. Like Paolini has written a movie script instead of a novel.

Yes, I felt this way to. It is like a report. This happened then this happened. Of curse, in a movie, we would be being shown by the actors.

The more I tried to read TSiaSoS, the more I've questions for the editor who read through this and thinks 'Yup. This book is going to be a very bestseller. Well done, Mr. Paolini! Good job!'.

I figure the editor and everyone else involved figured the Paolini name will sell and if it does not they can drop him.