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Summary: Just a great book
Review: This was a very good book, one of the few books, besides harry potter that i actully finished reading. Christopher does use a lot of big words and the book can be hard for some people to get into (but hey he was only 15 when he started the book i'm 17 and i could never write a book like that even now) but once you start reading a couple of chapters its really easy to get into 'cause its just such a great book. This is a great book to read and I recommend this book for all ages. I can't wait till the movie comes out and the second book. And remember dont judge a book by its cover.
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Summary: AMAZING
Review: this book is absolutly amazing. im not to much of a fantasy fan, but this book has fantasy, mystery, adventure, amazing characters, amazing plot, amazing places. this is a great book!
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Summary: it's not worth reading
Review: There are a lot of one and two star reviews about Eragon. They seem to fall into 3 categories:
1. The fantasy fans who have read other fantasy books or watched fantasy movies and therefore know that Eragon is a rip-off and they are not happy about it.
2. The people who know something about good writing and therefore know how badly written Eragon is and they are not happy about it.
3. The people who think the book is boring and predictable and can't finish it.Personally, I didn't like it because the female characters in Eragon are a joke. Well, all the characters are, but especially the females.
I think if you buy it you'll probably regret it. Take it out from the library and see what you think because it's quite possible you'll hate it.
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Summary: Good work
Review: Eragon (my fourth favorite book after The lord of the rings trilogy) is a good book for any fantasey lover. And yes for those of you who are skeptical about including small plot points from earlier works it does have similarities to previous works such as the "Luke Skywalker" farm boy wanting adventuer. But it's not to a point were the reader knows exactley whats going to happen or to the point of boreing the him or her to sleep. I say good job Mr.Paolini
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Summary: boring and predictable
Review: i read half this book and not one thing in it was even the least bit surprising, except for how poorly written it was. every single thing that happened has been done before. i stopped reading it and was really annoyed that my parents gave it to me for christmas. i wish they'd given me a better book. waste of time.
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Summary: Fantastic story! I want more!
Review: From the moment I started reading this book I literally COULD NOT set it down. I am a freshman in college who also works full time so I don't have much spare time. Yet I found enough time to finish this book in a little under 48 hours. Two nights in a row I was up far past 3am reading, only to get up and read in my classes. Yes, this book is THAT GOOD! When looking back, this story does not have any details that stand out among any other fantasy books. It actually seems to incorporate many of the stories I have read into one story. While I am sure this was unintentional, it does leave me thinking, "Have I read that somewhere before?" The story is about a boy named Eragon, who becomes the first Rider in centuries. A Rider is a man who has bound himself mentally with a dragon. All of the Riders have been killed off by the current King, who himself is a Rider, albeit an evil one. Riders live unusually long lives, so it seems that this evil king's reign will never end. Eragon's adventure takes him from his small shire-like home to large cities and into the depths of mountains. He runs into people who will lie, cheat, steal, and deceive to get what they want. All the while he meets people who would give their life for what they believe in. Along his way he meets elves, dwarfs, and humans who have not seen the outside world for centuries. Christopher Paolini's first novel is absolutely FANTASTIC! While, as I said, parts of it do remind me of other books; it is well worth a read. I would HIGHLY recommend this book to both new and experienced fantasy readers. Trust me; you will be unable to set this one down!
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Summary: Loved it
Review: I really enjoyed this novel. I think for a first book by a teenager it is truly outstanding. The novel is an easy read and I had no problems keeping up with everything. Just an FYI; the book rights have already been bought and the movie expected out in 2005.
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Summary: The Best book I read in 2003
Review: It was extremely good. If you don't like it then you don't like fantasy. It was one great book. I don't think it is better than LOTD but what book is. It has the action, the adventure and the suspense. Don't forget that a 15 year old wrote this book. You can't call it bad, but you can call it great, and I liked it and i know other peopl liked it! Christopher Paolini has a gift and if you don't like the way he has used it you probably don't have his gift. It was good and that is that. I can't wait for the sequel to come out. A bunch of my friends read it and loved it...
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Summary: Great book
Review: Wow only 18! I would have given five stars if the phrase "tear you to pieces" didnt appear every 10 pages. A very astonishing accomplishment for a young writer. Note: This book isnt for those who arent accustomed to weird names for things like towns and swords beacause apparently everything in the book has a name with either and accent or an apostrophe in it.
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Summary: Those who can do.........those who can't criticize!!!
Review: I always find it so interesting that we live in this world of over rated critics. It is far easier for someone to criticize someone else's work than to be able to sit down and write a good book of their own. If the people who have criticized this book have this much knowledge of good writing (doubtful) then why haven't they taken the time to sit down and write a book themselves In this day of tough and competitive book publishing, do these ciritcs really thing that Knopf publishing is going to stick its neck out in publishing a book that isn't going to be successful? I commend Christopher Paolini for using his talents and staying the course. He is a credit to our teenagers in as much as most of them cannot even write a decent sentence let alone a book. And I am quite sure that many of the critics of his work have teenagers that fall in this category of being barely able to spell their own names, let alone have any imagination. Until they have tried to write a book I find they have little room to critizie. These critics would do far better in seeing that our education system is able to turn out more teen agers like Chirstopher Paolinin then tearing this young man's work apart. This is why my title says, "Those who can do, those who can't, criticize.
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