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Summary: Eragon
Review: I got an ARC of the upcoming Random House release of Eragon at the BEA in Los Angeles; read the book on the way home. Out of curiosity I got a copy of the self-pubbed book to read and compare. I loved both! I wish the best of success to the young man. The Random House reps are spreading this review of Eragon to the trade: "Full praise to Eragon and I want more! A winner ... tip of the hat to young master Paolini."--Anne McCaffrey
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Summary: not believable
Review: This book was a bore. It was too unbelievable and never really captured my attention. So eragon finds a dragon egg, big deal. It has an unbelievable ending to a simply bad book. ...
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Summary: This book should come with a 12-step program! Beware!
Review: To all you first time readers out there, beware! When you start this book MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE you have a lot of spare time on your hands. You won't put this one down until you finish it! I read it in 24 hours only stopping to eat. Luckily, I was on vacation so I had the time.
The story opens with Eragon, a seemingly ordinary farm boy from a small northern village in Algaesia (please pardon any mangling of place/person names) who finds a very extraordinary "stone" while hunting. The stone is, of course, a dragon's egg and from it hatches the beautiful Saphira, a blue dragon of charming, if enigmatic, personality. Her appearance draws the unwanted notice of the insane tyrant Galbatorix who has been fanatically hunting for Saphira's egg for years. His evil minions slaughter Eragon's uncle and destroy his home. Vowing vengance, Eragon and Saphira set off under the guidance of the wise Brom, a storyteller who is much, much more, to discover their great destiny.
I'm not going to say any more about the plot, go read the book!
If you like this book, I also highly recommend the Harry Potter books (of course), but more than that, anything in the Kairos line of Madeline L'Engle novels (A Wrinkle in Time is the first one), any of the Pern novels (start with Dragonriders of Pern), The Dark is Rising Cycle by Susan Cooper, anything by Robin McKinley but especially The Blue Sword and The Hero and The Crown, Mary Stewart's Crystal Cave series (I can't stress these enough!!!!!), Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon (Stewart's and Bradley's books are for mature readers, but this does not necessarily mean you can't be a young mature reader) and anything at all by Robert Heinlein. Mr. Paolini, if you peruse these reviews I hope you see this. I LOVE this story! I can't wait until next year for Eldest! I'm serious, I really won't be able to wait. I haven't fallen headlong into a story so completely since M.Z. Bradley's Mists of Avalon and this beats that novel so far out of the water you've vaporized the lake! I am an obsessive compulsive reader (I will read the backs of cleaner bottles if pressed!) and this is one of the top 5 books I've ever read! Not to put any pressure on you, but please, please, please, please hurry with the sequel. I'm on tenterhooks and they hurt!
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Summary: Eragon: One of the best fantsy stories out there!
Review: Eragon is one of those books that is really hard to describe. You don't want to give away what's going to happen; yet you want to get people interested in reading the book. Let's face it, who wouldn?t want to read Eragon? Eragon is 464 pages of sheer delight. Starting from the first page you never want to put the book down. The thrills continue to the very last page. Christopher Paolini could easily be the next Stephen King!
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Summary: Truly Breathtaking!
Review: I've been reading for most of my fifteen years, fantasy and science fiction being my favorites, and pretty much all I could say after I first read this was "WOW!" I haven't had a clear favorite book for at least 5 years, but now I'm happy to say I do. The way this guy writes, it's just awesome. It's fantasy his way, his world, his rules. No backing off on new ideas, and portraying everything just beautifully! I absolutely could not put this book down, first or second time I read it. The only person who can compare with this is Tolkien, and even he's given a run for his money here. I'm already getting exasperated imagining what's going to happen next! The way fantasy should be written is here, all pay heed!
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Although I am only 16, I spend much of my time reading and for the most part, I read only fantasy. This book has to be one of the best I've ever read - in my mind, although not as good as Tolkien, it has become one of my favorite books. I can hardly wait for the rest of the series to be released.
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Summary: Speechless
Review: This was the sweetest book ever! I dont read many books, they have to be good like Lord of the Rings! This book is amazing! I was taken off gaurd by the amazing style of writing. This book is such an inspiration to all beginning authors. I read this book and started my own story! This is a story to read more than once! Such a great book!
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Summary: Great Stuff! (I'm another Boerne kid!)
Review: Lovely work! I really liked this, and I eat Fantasy books by the dozen. I finished it in 4 days. It would have been less, but the demon, School, gobbled up all my time. This is recommended for fantasy lovers everywhere! However, if you're under the age of 13 or so, there's one scene in the book that might scar you for life. Just kidding. It is a little bit disturbing though.
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Summary: As Addictive as Eddings
Review: Why just 4 Stars? A few 'Odd' items in editing and one chapter where there is a LOT of Acquiesce'n. I have not gotten so involved in a book since the David Eddings series "Belgariad" and "The Mallorean". (As well as "BelGarath", "PolGara" and the 'Codex'. Started reading on a Friday Night. From 11:00~5:00 am I just kept reading. By Sunday at 3:00 am I was done, wanting more.... From What I have read on his web-site I see a hard cover out late Aug 2003. I eagerly await book 2... HURRY!!!
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Summary: THE best book I've read in a while!
Review: WOW!!! If you are a fan of fantacy fiction, you absolutely need to read this book. The way the tale is woven together-there's no words for it! Now, I'm an unprofessional writer myself(i'll hopefully have 'Ishmaeah' on the stands with in the next few year:P), and this is some good stuff. There is nothing like it. You simply MUST pick up this book and read it.
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