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Summary: I AM A FELLOW RIDER!!!
Review: Full of fun and adventure, the book "Eragon" explores the wonders of a fantastic land filled with dragons and elves and ruled by an evil maniac. Enter Eragon, a common peasant boy who lives a very uneventful life...until, that is, he finds out that the mysterious rock that he found while hunting is a dragon's egg! Burdened with the new responsibility of caring for his dragon of a friend, Eragon doesn't think things could get any weirder...and then he's told that he has been chosen to become a legendary Rider and free his land from its tyranical ruler! He can't truly except that until thoughts of avenging his uncle's death force him on a journey. Now with only the town storyteller, Brom, and his dragon Saphira by his side, Eragon is on his way to becoming a Rider...
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Summary: The BEST book EVER
Review: Eragon is an exiting, awesome, wonderful book. Its many details capture the readers attention and makes you read the whole thing. Eragon is a book unlike any other book written. It has so many details, it seems like you are actually watching it happen. It has so much action, so many great problems and solutions,so it has become my favorite book. I can't wait untill the second book, Elder, comes out.
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Summary: Eragon
Review: What a wonderful story! It was gripping from the moment I opened it with Eragon's adventures starting immediately and the neverending mysteries that kept popping in the storyline. I loved to be able to refer to the map when a new city or river name would be mentioned. C. Paolini has a gift and merits recognition. I will certainly be on the look-out for future books by this talented author.
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Summary: Good, but not spectacular
Review: First off, I would like to say the Christopher Paolini is a very talented author, don't get me wrong. Eragon is none the less an exciting story that is captivating and very well crafted. The descriptions are vivid and real, but that also is a problem. In the story there would be a long description or a long conversation, and only 1 or 2 pages of action. The battle scenes were built up with brilliant suspense, but turned out to be anti-climatic. Anyone who has seen/read LORD OF THE RINGS will catch the influence. Overall, it is a good read, yet not anything spectacular.
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Summary: An epic, magical adventure!
Review: I loved this book! I discovered this book when I was suffering from the pain of finishing the last Harry Potter book and trying to find a replacement for the magical world of Hogwarts. I purchased this book, along with Jonathan Stroud's Bartimeaus Trilogy Book 1(which was also a fun and gripping novel that I reccomend.). This book is a lot of fun. I was instantly sucked into the world that Christopher Paolini has created. The book is a wonderful action/adventure for fans of Harry Potter or The Lord Of The Rings. The characters are all deep, and complex, with there own personalities and reasons to either like or hate them. I loved the relationship between Eragon and his dragon, Saphira. I am excited to see how big Saphira grows and what other adventures the two go through together. Mr.Paolini creates subplots that make you yearn for more and it's a good thing there are 2 more books because I am excited to hear more about the characters. The only downfall to this book is the unfortunate Lord Of The Rings similarity. The book is almost TOO alike in it's characters and locations that at times you find yourself confused about certain events occuring. I had a hard time visualizing Eragon because his name is literally the same as Aragon or The Lord Of The Rings! A lot of creatures in the book are the same also which can get annoying. This book is great though. I highly reccomend it.
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Summary: great
Review: This was a great book. It kept a fast pace, which made me want to read it straight through. The only bad thing I found was that some of the deaths in the book might be too much for a younger child.
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Summary: Greatest book after Harry Potter
Review: This book is really rad, I recommend it if you want books like Harry Potter and Lord of the rings put together. The end will totally surprise you and leave you breathless. I can not wait til the next one comes out. I like dragons and that is what it gives you.
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Summary: His age is no excuse...
Review: To be honest, criticisms of this book have already been voiced a hundred times before, and better than I could say. Derivative, unashamedly cliched and dull...sadly, it's all true. But one thing that keeps popping is the author's age. The fact is that blaming the poor quality of the writing on his youth is a bit of a cop out. If you can write well, you can write well no matter how old you are. Sure, you improve as you go along, but a novice writer who starts at the age of 30 can be just as bad as a novice who starts at 13. Don't give this kid the excuse; talent shows at any age, and he has very little.
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Summary: It's a good book.
Review: ...If you yearn for a good read, and you enjoy fantasy (both light hearted and slightly darker), then you will enjoy this book. Yes, it is close to LoTR, but if you are an avid fantasy reader, then you know a lot of things are. The kid was 15 when he began writing it (althought it truly does not really show), and he only has a full lifetime to improve. As for me, I'm hooked... I cannot wait for the second installment in the Inheritance Trilogy... Don't take my word for it, find out for yourself.
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Summary: bad, bad, bad
Review: As we all know by now, the author was fifteen when he wrote Eragon. Whoever he showed it to should have said, "This is a great book, kid. You should become an author when you grow up!" But instead they went and published it.Aside from the beautiful cover, the book has almost nothing to recommend it. There are nearly no original elements. The characters have no personality to speak of, except for the dragon, who is smug. The action is patently unbelievable from paragraph to paragraph--I remember one scene where Eragon draws his bow and fires an arrow behind him to kill an opponent who's chasing him, and I finally quit reading when he was able to beat one of the best swordsmen in the world, left-handed, after only a few months of practice since growing up as a farm boy.
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