Chapter Twenty-Six (Part III) | Chapter Twenty-Eight (Part I)
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Solembum gave Eragon some vague advice, Eragon discussed that with Saphira, and Brom decided to teach Eragon how to read.
( Some setup so we can actually go look at the records. )
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Chapter Twenty-Six (Part II) | Chapter Twenty-Seven
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Eragon had his fortune told in a rather dubious manner which revealed all too much. For the reader post:
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Eragon went into Angela’s shop and met with Solembum, who treated him rather badly.
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, we saw the book Domia abr Wyrda, and Eragon and Brom talked a bit about scrying and what Galbatorix would supposedly do. For the reader post:
( This book has a serious abuse problem. )
( How can you expect to give Eragon good advice when you barely understand the situation, Brom? )
Chapter Twenty-Five (Part II) | Chapter Twenty-Five (Part IV)
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Brom and Jeod had a mysterious conversation, we learned the Empire is quite incompetent, and Helen had some pettiness directed at her. For the reader post:
Chapter Twenty-Five (Part I) | Chapter Twenty-Five (Part III)
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, we met Angela and then Jeod and we learned a bit more about Brom’s past.
( What do you call an auto-immune disease in a country? It seems the Empire is suffering from one. )
Overview of chapters Twenty-Six to Twenty-Eight | Chapter Twenty-Five (Part II)
HISC: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, I made an overview of several chapters of the self-published edition. For the reader post:
( Some introductions, nothing more, unfortunately. )
Chapters Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine | Table of Contents | Grim Tuesday
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome to Mister Monday, for the very last time! Last time, Arthur got home, finally cured the Sleepy Plague and the book ended with a sequel hook. Now it is time for the final thoughts.
Overall
Corneille Blanche: All in all… it is not a bad book, but not a great one, either. It reads smoothly enough and it certainly is compelling, but the plot problems keep it from being what it could be. Sure, they are not so conspicuous on a casual read, but if I am to like a book, it should stand up to deeper examination. So I would say this book passes, though it does not rank very highly.
And that is that! Off we go. (picks up Kerlois and leaves along with Vermaanti)
Scales: Well, that was Mister Monday, then! I’ve finally managed to finish a review! I hope whoever read this had fun reading along with me, and maybe you’ll go on to the book that takes its place: Lord Foul’s Bane. See you there!
Chapters Twenty-Six and Twenty-Seven | Table of Contents | Final Thoughts/Verdict
Corneille Blanche: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, we had some wrap-up as the Will agreed to let Arthur go home and took the Key, he made some appointments, and he received a cure for the plague.
Chapter Twenty-Four | Chapter Twenty-Five (Part I)
Corneille Noire: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Eragon, Brom and Saphira reached Teirm, Saphira was abusive to Eragon again, and Eragon and Brom found some information in a seedy tavern.
( This is quite a mess, but better next time, I suppose. )
Chapter Twenty-Five | Table of Contents | Chapters Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, we had the climax, as Arthur fought and defeated Monday and was about to claim the Key. Let us see what happens now.
( Wrapping all the House business up. )
Chapter Twenty-Three | Overview of chapters Twenty-Six to Twenty-Eight
Corneille Noire: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, we had a frankly mind-numbing travel chapter that could not get its travel right at all. For the reader post:
( A pity I cannot taste the saveur locale; I might just like it. )
Chapters Twenty-Three and Twenty-Four | Table of Contents | Chapters Twenty-Six and Twenty-Seven
Corneille Blanche: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur managed to infiltrate Monday’s Dayroom and we ended with Arthur calling the Hour Hand to him.
Chapter Twenty-Two (Part II) | Chapter Twenty-Four
Fumurti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, we learned about Seithr oil, and Brom and Eragon came up with a quite convoluted way to find the Ra’zac based on that.
( This is one of the shortest chapters of the book, and one of the worst. If only Paolini would check his map and do some research... )
Chapters Twenty-One and Twenty-Two | Table of Contents | Chapter Twenty-Five
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur and Suzy arrived at Monday’s Antechamber, they were busted by Noon (again), Dusk allowed them to escape, and they began the descent to Monday’s Dayroom.
Chapter Twenty-Two (Part I) | Chapter Twenty-Three
Fumurti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Eragon went out flying with Saphira, and we discovered that the Ra’zac have left!
( Time to go do something and go places (with lots of talk about acid). )
Chapters Nineteen and Twenty | Table of Contents | Chapters Twenty-Three and Twenty-Four
Vermaanti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur and Suzy stumbled through all kinds of time periods on the Improbable Stair, and we saw that Suzy’s family is dead. Now… we’ll finally get to see the plan to do something about Monday, when we’re 78% of the way through.
( This story actually gets exciting, and it is such a difference. )
Chapter Twenty-One (Part II) | Chapter Twenty-Two (Part II)
Fumurti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Saphira abused Eragon into flying with her, and Eragon used Zar’roc in training for the first time. For the reader post:
( Reader Post & Reflections )
With that done, let me begin with the next chapter!
( Eragon & Saphira go flying (with some nasty mental tricks)! )
Chapter Eighteen | Table of Contents | Chapters Twenty-One and Twenty-Two
Corneille Blanche: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur spoke with the Old One again, he met up with Suzy, and they fled the Coal Cellar via the Improbable Stair. Let us see what happens this time.
( Taking the scenic route. )
Chapter Twenty-One (Part I) | Chapter Twenty-Two (Part I)
Fumurti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, our company reached Daret, and managed to reprovision with some trouble. Now for the reader post:
( Reader Post & Reflections )
Either way, let me go on with the rest of the chapter, then!
( This is the beginning of “Saphira is exempt from wrongdoing”, unfortunately. )
Chapter Twenty (Part II) | Chapter Twenty-One (Part II)
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Eragon learned magic and the ancient language, and our company went very slow.
I do not actually have anything concrete for the reader post, so let me give this to Fumurti, then. (leaves)
Fumurti: Well, I’m feeling quite capable again, so let me begin with the next chapter!
( The reception is very silly, but the spokesman is one of the more distinctive characters of the book. )
Chapter Sixteen (Part II) | Table of Contents | Chapter Eighteen
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, we saw what the punishment of the Old One entails, Pravuil suddenly appeared again, and we discovered they are being followed by the Clock-Marchers. Let us see what happens now!
( At least things will improve soon for Arthur? )
Chapter Twenty (Part I) | Chapter Twenty-One (Part I)
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Eragon and Brom talked quite a bit about magic.
For the reader post:
( Reader Post & Reflections )
Well, let me do the rest of the chapter, then!
( Do you truly think you can catch the Ra'zac at three kilometres per day? )
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Chapter Sixteen (Part I) | Table of Contents | Chapter Seventeen
Corneille Blanche: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur met the Old One and told his story… and nothing much happened further.
( Arthur now has an escape plan! )
Chapter Nineteen (Part II) | Chapter Twenty (Part II)
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, we learned the very basics of magic.
Now for the reader post:
( Reader Post & Reflections )
Let me begin the next chapter, then!
( While the magic itself is quite simple, untangling what we learn is everything but. )
Chapter Fifteen | Table of Contents | Chapter Sixteen (Part II)
Corneille Blanche: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur met up with Pravuil and then met the Old One.
( The Old One appears to be quite a nice sort, frankly. )
Chapter Nineteen (Part I) | Chapter Twenty (Part I)
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Eragon and Brom left Yazuac and that is about all that happened.
Now for the reader post:
( Reader Post & Reflections )
Well, let me do the rest of the chapter, then!
( Our first explanations of magic. )
Chapter Eighteen (Part II) | Chapter Nineteen (Part II)
Corneille Noire: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Eragon killed a crow and killed two Urgals. Now for the reader post:
Kerlois: Let us begin with the next chapter, then.
( There is not that much to say here, but we still ramble on longer than the chapter itself. )
Corneille Noire: A good day, and welcome back to Eragon, everyone! Last time, Eragon and Brom reached Yazuac and found that the entire population had been killed.
First, let me do the reader post:
( Reader Post & Reflections )
Well, let us begin with the other part of the chapter, then.
( What is one to do when faced with a massacre? Kill even more, of course! )
Chapter Thirteen | Table of Contents | Chapter Fifteen
Kerlois: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur was captured, which took an entire chapter for some reason.
( Yet more fluff and poor continuity. )
Corneille Noire: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Saphira was caught in a highly implausible thunderstorm… and that was about all that happened.
( Reader Post & Reflections )
Corneille Noire: Let me begin, then.
( So edgy it cuts, including a dead baby for pathos. )
Chapter Seventeen (Part I) | Chapter Eighteen (Part I)
Corneille Noire: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon!
Fumurti: And I’m back, too.
Corneille Noire: Last time, Eragon, Brom and Saphira travelled a bit across the plains, because this book reads like a travelogue, even though it is not supposed to be.
( Reader Post & Reflections )Corneille Noire: Let us begin with the second half of this chapter, then!
Chapter Twelve | Table of Contents | Chapter Fourteen
Corneille Blanche: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, we finally learned what Arthur is supposed to do and our protagonists were busted.
( Why can this not be better? )
Chapter Sixteen (Part IV) | Chapter Seventeen (Part II)
Fumurti: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, there was some more travel and we finally could see outside of Palancar Valley! Before we begin, let me do the reader post:
( Reader Post & Reflections )
Anyway, let me begin with chapter 17, then!
( This went considerably smoother with two of us. At least there's something to say beyond “this is boring”. )
Chapter Sixteen (Part III) | Chapter Seventeen (Part I)
Fumurti: Hello everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, Eragon and Brom got horses and that was that, mostly.
Before we begin, there is a whole bunch of reader post:
( Reader Post & Reflections )
That ought to be enough for quite some time, so let us finish this chapter!
( A last bit of tedium before the adventure actually begins. )
Chapter Sixteen (Part II) | Chapter Sixteen (Part IV)
Fumurti: Hello everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Last time, we had some quite unpleasant stuff and Brom and Eragon got some money.
( Reader Post & Reflections )
On to the next part of the chapter, then! This should be quite easy, actually.
( There's not very much adventure in this yet... )
Chapter Ten (Part II) | Table of Contents | Chapter Twelve
Kerlois: Welcome back to Mister Monday, everyone! Last time… Suzy decided to help and Arthur promised to bring the children of the House back home. …That is close enough, at least.
This time, we will get a long overdue explanation of things!
( The Will explains some things to us. )
Chapter Sixteen (Part I) | Chapter Sixteen (Part III)
Fumurti: Hello everyone, and welcome back to Eragon! Before we begin, I would like to show off a special guest: the NRSG!
(the NRSG comes in. They are an anthro green parakeet wearing a robe the colour of their feathers)
NRSG: (waves) Hello there, people! For those who do not know me, I am currently busy with BattleAxe and since I revised the counts over there, it only seemed nice to help out here, too.
( Reader Post & Reflections )With that done, let me resume! Fair warning, this part sucks.
Content Warning: Child abuse, fat-shaming.
Chapter Ten (Part I) | Table of Contents | Chapter Eleven
Corneille Blanche: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, we met one of the protagonists of this book, the editor seemed to be gone for a while, and Arthur and Suzy hid in a broom closet. Let us see what happens now!
( We do need context to be invested in a story, Nix )
Chapter Fifteen | Chapter Sixteen (Part II)
Kerlois: Welcome back to Eragon, everyone! Last time, we watched Brom make a saddle for Saphira, and nothing much happened. Now for the reader post:
Let me turn this over to Fumurti, then.
(Fumurti comes in)
Fumurti: Well, about time for me to do something more substantial, I’d say.
Kerlois: Good luck! (leaves)
Fumurti: It may have been quite a while, but we have finally reached the point where the adventure begins in earnest! This might also be a nice point to step in if you haven’t been keeping up with this very much.
( We're underway, and I've got some debunking to do! )
Chapter Nine (Part II) | Table of Contents | Chapter Ten (Part II)
(Corneille Blanche comes in. They are wearing a plain white robe now, and it can be seen that they are a white anthro crow.)
Corneille Blanche: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, Arthur spent some time in a city in the House, we had quite some description, and he got himself trapped by Nithlings. Let us see what happens now!
( It seems the editor has forgotten to do part of this chapter. Oh well, at least the story picks up now! )
Chapter Fourteen (Part IV) | Chapter Sixteen (Part I)
Kerlois: Welcome back to Eragon, everyone! Last time, we sat through Brom and Eragon talking, and Brom refusing to share his history. Now for the reader post:
Well, let us now begin with the chapter! Hopefully it will be a bit of a palette cleanser; mine is quite muddled at the moment.
( A nice transitional chapter is probably enough to do the trick. )
Now, let us continue with the final part of this chapter!
( More talk, this time with more bad fathership )
Chapter Fourteen (Part II) | Chapter Fourteen (Part IV)
Kerlois: Welcome back to Eragon, everyone! Last time, Brom confronted Eragon, Saphira was prevented from doing anything, Brom came along with them, and Brom met Saphira. Now for the reader post:
( Reader Post & Reflections )
Now back to the story at hand, and good grief, I have already written a thousand words!
( (Insert some witticism here) )
Chapter Fourteen (Part I) | Chapter Fourteen (Part III)
Kerlois: Welcome back to Eragon, everyone! Last time, Saphira convinced Eragon to go hunt down the Ra’zac, mostly by yelling at him, Eragon made preparations to go, and Brom accosted him.
Let me do the reader post, then.
( Reader post & Reflections )Let us go on with the chapter, then!
( Are we certain Brom is not the villain? We have also finally left Carvahall! )
Chapter Thirteen | Chapter Fourteen (Part II)
Corneille Noire: Welcome back to Eragon, everyone! Last time, Eragon found out that Garrow had died. This time, the adventure will start!
Now over to Kerlois!
Kerlois: Well, it is good to be back, and to be tackling a chapter in which there is some actual plot. Let us begin, then.
( Saphira makes the plot take place )
Chapter Twelve (Part III) | Chapter Fourteen (Part I)
Corneille Noire: Welcome back to Eragon, everyone! Last time, Eragon gave an explanation of what happened and Albriech and Baldor went to tell Roran. This time, Eragon finds out that Garrow died.
( Reflections )
Well, let us begin, then.
( The inevitable death )
Chapter Seven (Part II) | Table of Contents | Chapter Nine (Part I)
Corneille Blanche: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to Mister Monday! Last time, the Will told Arthur where to get help. The only obstacle is to get it. This time, I will welcome Kerlois! Please, come in.
Chapter Twelve (Part II) | Chapter Thirteen
Corneille Noire: Welcome back to Eragon, everyone! Last time, Eragon visited Garrow, and nothing much happened. Now for the reader post.
With that out of the way, let me resume with the last part of this chapter!
( Can we begin with the plot already, please? )
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