Yeah, he was reasonably good with his predictions, all told; if only he'd kept it to that instead of trying to analyse the books at the same time.
The world that Christopher Paolini has created with his Inheritance cycle is so compelling that it’s almost impossible not to become caught up in it.
I highly beg to differ, too; it's almost impossible for me now to even be caught up in it at all. When I did still like this series, I actually got most caught up in Inheritance, too.
...I'm not going to blast you just because your predictions don't turn out right, Marcus.
Well, I'm certainly "delving beneath the surface", and unfortunately not coming away with any "deeper appreciation" of it, so... I'm not quite sure if that's what he meant.
Although overanalysing a book can ruin it, that doesn’t mean that there can’t be some benefits derived from reading between the lines and trying to figure out any deeper meanings that the author has tried to impart to the reader.
If a book is "ruined" by thorough critical thinking, I don't think it's one I'd want to like very much in any case. I do agree with him further, though I'd say that looking for unintentional meanings can get you a lot out of any work, too.
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Date: 2025-05-15 07:34 pm (UTC)Yeah, he was reasonably good with his predictions, all told; if only he'd kept it to that instead of trying to analyse the books at the same time.
The world that Christopher Paolini has created with his Inheritance cycle is so compelling that it’s almost impossible not to become caught up in it.
I highly beg to differ, too; it's almost impossible for me now to even be caught up in it at all. When I did still like this series, I actually got most caught up in Inheritance, too.
...I'm not going to blast you just because your predictions don't turn out right, Marcus.
Well, I'm certainly "delving beneath the surface", and unfortunately not coming away with any "deeper appreciation" of it, so... I'm not quite sure if that's what he meant.
Although overanalysing a book can ruin it, that doesn’t mean that there can’t be some benefits derived from reading between the lines and trying to figure out any deeper meanings that the author has tried to impart to the reader.
If a book is "ruined" by thorough critical thinking, I don't think it's one I'd want to like very much in any case. I do agree with him further, though I'd say that looking for unintentional meanings can get you a lot out of any work, too.
(nods) In the end, it's still not all that good.
Thanks for bothering to wade through this for us!