#anyway. one thing paolini can do very well is a cathartic fight scene!
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ohhhhhh the reason this feels familiar is that it is is Kind of shaped like tombs of atuan. except none of the things that are cool and mesmerizing about tombs of atuan are the focus here.
#the captain's library#We Are Still Reading Murtagh. my conclusion that the alín/bachel duo adds up to one entire tenar is certainly affecting ye experience#paolini is an Interesting read because in this one he seems to be writing in a flavor of fantasy that seems to be fading these days#this weird hallucinatory melange of big dragon and big sword and scary lady in leather#and I won't deny that I am having fun because I Am having fun. but also I miss some of his cleverer and weirder characters#(nasuada! angela!)#anyway. one thing paolini can do very well is a cathartic fight scene!#altho' the description of slicing through a man's head 'like fresh cheese' is going to live in my mind#right next to the animorphs orca hoagie scene :/#but even so it's a good match to put on a couple of dark britannica albums and just go Hoooooo Swordfight Time
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