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Summary: Pretty imaginative
Review: For someone so young, this first book is quite complex. So waht if the author borrowed on a theme? Most published works these days are rarely an original thought.Eragon has accomplished in one book what it took the first four of the Harry Potter series to achieve. The book introduces us to a world of innocence that is quickly overshadowed by harship, mistrust, hard-won friendships, war, and politics. I also love the sassiness of Saphira. I do love Harry Potter, but I place Eragon much closer to my first love which is the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In a world where it is so hard to get some youngsters to pick up a book, I'm glad that one had enough imagination, drive, and support to write one. I look forward to the future of Eragon.
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Summary: The Dragon and the Unknown Warrior-a review by Chris, age 10
Review: Eragon is a boy who lives in a very poor family and when the book starts he is in a wood called the Spine, where he finds a blue rock. He goes home and later to the market. He finds that the rock is harder than crystal. He goes in search of more information. When he gets home he finds the egg is shaking and the next morning it is gone ... and a dragon replaces it! He raises it for many weeks, then goes to Brom the storyteller for advice. The next day his house is burned to the ground, and he finds that the most unexpected people are warriors. He goes in search of revenge on whatever force did this. This book was written by a teenaged boy who is going to write a few novels in his time. It will probably inspire many young readers to become great authors. There will probably be good novels, bad novels, and novels that change the world (like Eragon). This book is an adventurous mystery with magic and swords, packed with ghouls, goblins, and creatures of that sort. It sticks to the reader like a shadow sticks to a person. This is a fabulous book that I would recommend it to anyone who likes Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling) and The Lost Years of Merlin (T. A. Barron). This is a wonderful book and I can't wait for Eldest to come out.
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Summary: Great book; should be a role model for any young authors
Review: This is a great book. It takes many ideas that have been prevalent in other novels of the genre and expaned on them. Paolini puts his own unique spin on these ideas to make them into his own. I am a young author, and am hoping to be as successful as this young author.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. It contains all the basic elements of a true classic, magic, mystical creatures, a lovable hero and most importantly DRAGONS! Christopher Paolini portrays these mysterious creatures so well that everyone I now that has read this book now wants a dragon.Though i enjoyed this book a few similarities between it and Lord Of The Rings were evident but i let them slide just due to the superb story.If you are a fan of interresting imaginative fiction books you should really enjoy this, I know I did!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Summary: Simply Amazing
Review: Let me say this right now--whoever reads this book will be amazed by it. Not by the young age the author was when he wrote it, but by the fact that it is as good as (or better than) any other modern fantasy book on the market today. The world that Christopher Paolini has created is so absorbing that you won't be able to put this book down. His characters are complicated and very human. The story begins when a young man named Eragon, who is out hunting in a section of his country known as The Spine, discovers a dragon's egg. I really don't want to spoil the story for anyone who hasn't read the book, so I'm not going to say anything more about it. Paolini's beautiful use of the English language is complimented perfectly by his tremendous creative ability. Other than the use of some common fantasy creatures (elves, dwarves, dragons, etc.), this story is completely original. I never found myself complaining about the fact that I had read something like this a thousand times before because, well, I hadn't. Every chapter of this book is intelligently written, without even the slightest hint of monotony. I strongly recommend this book to everyone. Go buy it now. You won't regret it.
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Summary: Erm.. what can i say?
Review: I've read LOTR and all that but i wont put in any comparison into this review. Those 2-3 star raters have probably summed it all up for me, but here are my opinions anyway. Firstly, dump that Tolkien/Star Wars-esque writing/plots aside. The thing that bothers me so much is Paolini's writing. I hate the switches between 'modern speech' and 'ancient/mythic speech'. It's unbearable! First, Eragon starts off by speaking like a 20th century boy with all the short forms and all that. Then, Brom tries his best to speak archaic and wise. Paolini just can't pull it off properly! There's just one simple rule. The speech is heavily affected by what year/era the book is set in. These kinds of mythic/old books can't have characters speaking like us right now right? I mean they were actually speaking middle/old english at that time! (if im not wrong) (.....) It's really painful to see Paolini desperately trying to put the proper speech sentences into the characters. His teenage years are really affecting the book, that's alright, however his trying to involve them in a terribly disastrous way, and furthermore, the editing is a total flop. Well.. that's all i guess.
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Summary: first book i liked
Review: Simply Amazing, Didnt think i would like it, amazed though, deffinatly buying inheritance(the Sequel) when it comes out (august)!!!!
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Summary: amazingly bad
Review: considering all the hype this book is AMAZINGLY bad. Unoriginal and badly repped off prose. the only good parts are imitative and taken from other better authors. the bad parts are just bad: pooorly written and DULL. the female characters might as well not exist except as convenience for the overblown adolescent ego of the so-called hero.
Another annoying thing: not even poalini claims to have written this book when he was fifteen. he STARTED IT when he was fiftenn--big deal, lots of people start lots of projects but it' when you FINISH trhat matters. this book was published when he was NINETEEN and anyone knows that means he finished it then. what a load of hype. stinks.
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Summary: Age is not a selling tool...
Review: I understand that in all fantasy you will find similarities and ideas that have been used before - it's unavoidable, considering there are only a limited number of concepts available. Yet I was under the impression that to write an original, creative story, one must take these concepts and use them in a way that is original and creative. Apparently no one has, as yet, pointed this out to Christopher Paolini. Eragon is a cut and paste of many original, creative and for that matter, better written stories that I have read. Many other reviwers have pointed out the sources - Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Anne McCaffery's Pern, David Edding's Belgariad. I don't need to cite examples - there are too many anyway. Paolini seems to have played cut-and-stick and glued together bits and pieces of these stories together. He even stole the map from Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series...any WoT fans out there? There are even islands in the same place where Windbiter's Finger is, and a string of mountains called 'The Spine'. I believe the word for this is plagarism. And yet this wouldn't be nearly so bad if the plot had been interesting, the characters had been engaging, and there'd been some kind of... point. The writing shows potential, but is stiff and awkward, and in dire need of revision (I'm not sure where the editor's were at this stage... perhaps off planning an over-hyped publicity campaign?). In a few years, with some growth, some development, a few writing courses, and the appearance of some voice, Paolini will write a book to which the word 'good; can be applied. Hopefully editors will step in and point out his mistakes. Hopefully by the time he is twenty-five and the novelty of a teen writer has worn off, he will be forced to actually revise. Until then, you're better off spending your money elsewhere. (...)
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Summary: More "Star Wars" and "Dragons of Pern" than Tolkein
Review: Yes Eragon (one letter away from Dragon) is highly derivative, and yes, the main character loses family a la Star Wars, and yes the relationship (impressing, sharing thoughts, love) is close to McCaffrey's dragons of Pern. This is the writing of a teenager, who may easily mature into an excellent story teller and writer. This is just a fun read. The pace is fast, action driven and Eragon is an accidental hero. I wouldn't be surprised to learn he's related to Murtagh (Luke and Princess Leia), that Brom fought his father (Obiwan Kenobi) that he resurrects the dragonriders (Jedi knights) or that love for Eragon is tied in with Saphira's future mate (dragonriders of Pern). Just read the damn derivative thing and enjoy the ride.
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