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Summary: OK--what ISN'T ripped off in this book?
Review: Please. Have any of these reviewers who gave this book 5 stars ever heard of Michael Moorcock? How about Ursula K. LeGuin? This guy named J.R.R. Tolkien? Hmmm? I believe someone did some movies out of his books a short while back....WAKE UP FOLKS!!! This book is basically a rehash of Terry Brooks, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, etc., etc. There is not a drop of originality between these pages (WHAT!! He's a DRAGONRIDER!!! That's ASTONISHING!!! I've never heard of such a thing...oh...wait...except for those "Pern" books...) Get a clue. There is much better fantasy literature out there. You just have to go out and find it. Kudos to this kid for getting published at such an early age. This book is no worse than most of the schlock that passes as fantasy these days, and it's better than some, but you live a pretty sheltered life if you think this is a 5 star fantasy novel. Try to widen your horizons a bit folks. Not every good fantasy novel starts with a poor farm boy who is an unknowing wizard/savior/prince/warrior-king/(supply your own cookie-cutter stereotype here), who's parents die/go missing/are murdered and leaves to discover his "true self" (and save the world along the way) in the company of some old monk/wizard/seer/eccentric old teacher. If that's all that fantasy is to you I feel sorry for you.
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Summary: Eragon
Review: This book was just plain hard to put down. I consider myself a "Fantasy Weenie", but this book is way up there with Tolkein and C.S. Lewis.
Right away you can tell this book has been mostly influenced by Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. This did not distract me as much as I thought it would. As much as retards want to hammer Paolini for ripping off Tolkein, you can't help but love the book.
Anyone who ever read a fantasy book and liked it, I would recomend this book to them.
TRY IT
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Summary: A well writen book
Review: In a world dominated by the Harry Potter juggernaut, it is beyond joy to see such a teriffic book. I will not, and cannot, write a review that will describe this book perfectly. It would take volumes to describe this amazing book in depth. The characters seem to leap off the pages as I have never seen before. They come to life and develop the minute you open the book. The good Mr. Paolini has suceeded just as Tolkien did. He has created characters without ever needing dialog changes (accents) and has made a spell-binding book. I am pleased to say that I have read Eragon and urge Mr. Paolini to continue. Godspeed Mr. Paolini, you are a wonderful writer.Yours, Anonymous
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Summary: A great new author.
Review: This guy, Paolini, is great! His book, "Eragon" is fascinating, better than many, including "The Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter" and "The Wheel of Time". His characters are nice and cool, the plot is very similar to "Star Wars", but more interesting.
Only Stanek can do it better.
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Summary: Eragon or Lord of the Rings?
Review: The book is good... if you haven't read some other books! If you hve read the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy it is easy to know many things come from there. First of all, Farthen Dur sound similar to Barad Dur. Also the "adventure" starts when Eragon finds an egg and evil things with black cloaks chases him away. The adventure in lord of the rings starts when Frodo inherits the one ring and evil things with black cloaks gets him out of the Shire. Later in Eragon, eragon meets dwarves and, just like lord of the rings, they use axes for battle, have braided hair, are strong, live in mountians, and have a suit of mail on. In both books elves are fair and live in beautiful places in the forests. Eragon sounds like Aragon. One of Eragon's companions, Brom, is similar to Aragon because they are both powerful in some way that was unknowned to Eragon (Eragon) and Frodo (Lord of the Rings). Arya (Eragon) sounds like Arwen (Lord of the rings). Also, just like Lord of the rings where defeating Sauron won the battle, Eragon wins a battle by killing a Shade. Shades are very similar to Black riders. They both evil, have sharp senses, and are good in battle. Even though if stabed in one spot they die, Shades come back, just like black riders. Urgals and kulls are nearly the same as Orcs and uru-kai(spelling?). both are the foundations of the enemies army. There are probably more similarities with Lord of the rings because hardly anything suprised me because I was thinking of Lord of the Rings most of the time. If this had come out before the Lord of the Ring it would have been way better. However if have a choice, I would read the Lord of the Rings first because it doesn't suddenly change the subject as suddenly as Eragon. This is why I would recommend the Lord of the Rings more than Eragon.
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Summary: One of the best fantasy books I have ever read!
Review: Eragon
by Christopher Paolini This exciting fantasy book is about the adventures of a boy named Eragon who becomes a dragon rider. It all starts when Eragon finds a strange rock in the mountain range called the Spine. To his surprise what he thought was a rock he soon found out to be a dragon, this was discovered when the egg hatched. Through the magic of the dragon Eragon and the dragon form a bond, a magical bond, a bond of the dragon and the dragon rider. Eragon keeps his dragon a secret but word gets out that Eragon has found a strange rock and two strangers come into Eragon's town, the Ra'zac, to get the egg. These two strangers turn out to be working for the king and destroy Eragon's house and kill his uncle in pursuit of the dragon egg. Before Eragon's house was destroyed Brom, the village storyteller, had discovered Eragon had a dragon. Eragon wants revenge on the two killers and sets off with Brom and his dragon, now named Saphira. Along their travels Eragon soon learns there is more to Brom then meets the eye when he gives Eragon a sword of a dragon rider, sword lessons, and lessons on how to use magic, an ability gained from the bond between him and Saphira. The chase for his uncle's killers soon escalates into an exciting adventure that takes Eragon all across his world.
Eragon is an extremely well written book that is so exciting it will keep you on the edge of your seat. I truly enjoyed this book and I can't wait until the sequel to Eragon, Eldest, comes out. Christopher Paolini has written a truly amazing story that touches all points of fantasy. This young author is a truly skilled writer and I am looking forward to reading any other books that he writes.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This book is definitely the reason for all the things I now dream about and imagine. The content of this book will literally warm your heart, make you laugh out loud and make you cry one thousand tears, at least it did to me. Even if you don't believe in elves dragons and dwarves this book will make you feel like your in a whole new world full of in depth fantasy creatures. If there ever was an excellent fantasy book, this is it.
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Summary: Best Book I have ever read!
Review: This is my favorite book. I am a big Lord oof the Rings Fan and this book is very similer, but with a nice new plot. On christmas day, i knew that my grandma had gotten me a book, and i was at first dissapointed but when i read it i changed my opinion ver fast!!! This book is unpredictable at times, making you want to make prediction for the future of the book. Also, it puts a movie type image in your head when you read it, and that is always a good sign. I recomend this book to everyone, espesially Lord of the Rings fans and RPG fans!!!
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Summary: Has inspired me to write a novel.
Review: I was surprised to hear of Mr.Paolini, since he comes from Paradise Valley, a thirty minute drive from my house. Excited that this "celebrity" had published a work at such a young age, I decided to read Eragon. As countless other reviewers have said, I found dozens of ripped off story lines, and shallow characters. The truly amazing thing to me was, how simple and boring the writing style was for this book. Ideas put aside, I could not stand reading such terribly simple writing. I am not an English major, I am fourteen years old. I have a good imagination, and I felt if I put in the time I could write a much more interesting novel. However, Eragon has continued to be a New York Times bestseller. I predict the novel will slowly die out, or else it will continue to be a wildly popular trend. If the latter proves true, all it proves is that the general public needs to start reading some higher quality fantasy. If anything, Eragon has inspired me to write a novel. If he can do it, anyone can!
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Summary: A Moderate type of book...
Review: Eragon is very interesting. It has many attemtion grabbers, and secrets that do not reveal themselves until much further. This furthers the reading of one. All of the world was very well created, and many others. The negative, is that it seems to copy Lord of the Rings a bit.
1. Eragon finds a mysterious blue stone - Frodo obtains a mysterious ring.
2. Brom has a walking stick, sword, and a horse (Shadowfax) - Gandalf ahs a staff, sword, and a horse (Snowfire) These are only a mere couple of what I have spotted. Eragon, however, is still a worth while book.
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