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Summary: Eragon is absolutely wonderful
Review: It is so hard to believe that this is the first book for Paolini and he is also so young. This is a must read for anyone interested in Fantasy. He is truly a master at knitting a story line and keeping his readers interested and entertained. This is one of those books that you hated for it to end, the redeeming part is that there will be another book in the series, hopefully soon!
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Summary: Superb!
Review: I was totally impressed by this book. You can tell the author sat down and really thought out his characters,the plot and the structure. The descriptions are awesome; it made me feel like I was actually seeing and hearing what was going on. The action is such that I could hardly put the book down! I strongly reccomend this book for anyone. You will not be disappointed.
I am not twelve!
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Summary: though not completely original, truly excellent!
Review: I found this book to be wonderful. While the prescence of Tolkien was highly apparent, I don't think it did any harm whatsoever. Even though I was iffy about the price, I am most definitely glad I decided to spend my money. Eragon is a must have and more importantly, a MUST read. Brillaint! Bravo Mr. Paolini!!!
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Summary: A Rare Gem of Fantasy!
Review: I found Christopher Paolinis book "Eragon" one of more most enjoyable books I have read in a long time. My sister and I each purchased the book for a long boring trip and we both couldn't put it down! This is coming from a 46 year old and a 44 year old. We both read a lot (my sister is a school teacher), and this particular book had all the ingredients to capture the imagination and leave you yearning for more. I can't tell you how refreshing this book was not to have sex, filthy words or a plot that gets too dark. Does Paolini show shades of "Lord of the Rings" in his story line? I didn't notice...or care!! What I do care about is that Christopher Paolini is gifted and shows maturity and class beyond many of our popular writers. Let the adventure continue...I will be standing in line for the next book!
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Summary: Eragon is a must read!
Review: Eragon is about a boy who lives near a small village, and finds a blue stone in a strange mountain range called the Spine. He tries to sell it but no one will buy it.Eventually it hatches into a dragon. Then, his uncle is killed by evil creatures, so Eragon, the boy, chases the creatures and undergoes an exciting adventure with his dragon, a storyteller, and a mysterious sword.
I recommend this to anyone who likes fantasy. It was really good and I have no doubt that the next book in the trilogy, Eldest, will be even better!
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Summary: eragon
Review: Eragon was a wonderful book. It had action, adventure, and fantasy. I would read it over and over again it was so good. I recomend it it anyone in need of a good book.
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Summary: A reader who loves dragon books
Review: This book was the best book that I have ever read. This book was written very well to the point where you can picture it in your mind. It is also written so well that it is almost as though you are in the world they are.
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Summary: Decent read
Review: One of the first things that I noticed about this book was while the story is good, the plot well though out and the charaters beleiveable, the style is somewhat ameturish. Fortunately for the book, this does not overly detract form the story. The influences of other authors such as Tolkien, Eddings and a few others make themselves aparent and Paolini does a good job of incorporating the best of all of these authors into his first novel.
Writing style aside, I must say that I thoughly enjoyed this first installment. The chases, skirmishes and final battle all had me racing through the pages to find out what would happen. The best praise that I can give this book is that when I finally finished the last word, I was dissapointed that the book had come to an end.
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Summary: Awesome book!
Review: I think this book will appeal to readers of all ages. I have a neice who is 11 years old who read and loved it, while I am 30 and I loved it also. It's a great and fun read, and I would recommend it to any fantasy lover. He needs to work a little on Character development, to really get the reader in touch with the characters, but other than that the book is excellent.
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Summary: Perhaps Paolini should try something else...
Review: When my book club picked Paolini's ERAGON as book of the month, I knew right away that I wouldn't like it...
Maybe the fact that Paolini was thick enough to call his main charcter Eragon, which is so very close to Aragorn, which all people who have read The Lord of the Rings will reconize. Second of all, perhaps that he was even dumber to name the title the same as his main character, which threw me off at once and probably a thousand others like me for the "coinsidence" of the names...Sure, Paolini tried, but he didn't try hard enough. He was obviously greatly enfluenced by Tolkien, and didn't do much to hide it. It's fine for authors to be inspired by other authors but what Paolini has done is copying. For example:
The Ra'zac. They have a strong resemblence to the Nazgul in LotR, plus they're searching for something, as were the Nazgul.. Also the fact they have flying beasts for riding.
THe Urgals are purely Orcs, except for the horns... Plus the Urgal's "heavy" assault guys... Which closely resemble the Uruk-Hai in LotR...
THe plot was predictible beyond reason... Every cliche that has been given to fantasy was in ERAGON. The pretty elven warrior princesess, the "Lost" son of the bad guy, etc...
All this and yet, Paolini was on CNN...
It's truly a mad, mad, mad, mad world...
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