Rating: Summary: Not even close to the hype Review: Poorly written cross of Pern, Middle Earth, and all the rest. You'll find yourself stumbling over tedious descriptions and unneccessary dialog tags trying to read a story that you feel you're read before... This is, quite frankly, the kind of writing you find in online fan fiction.
Rating: Summary: Good Read Review: I think Eragon is wonderful book from the moment Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest to the moment he realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself to beyond. As I turned the last page I found myself wanting more, and if your like me and liked this book as well you'll want to read another good book while your waiting for the next book in this series to come out. Check out Dragon Man The Adventures Of Luke Starr you'll positively love this book.
Rating: Summary: Not Bad..... Review: This book is predictable to a extent, especially if your familar with Tolkeins work and with The Dragonriders of Pern. Mix with a twinge of Star Wars for full effect. The book is intersting enough to keep at it. Its a good start to a series which I hope breaks free of the standard fantasy sterotypes.
Rating: Summary: Best Book Ever Review: I think Eragon is the best book for you if you like fantasy/action/fiction. It shows and teaches how to be loyal and you can picture the scenes perfectly.This is why I rate this book a five. This book is also educationel.
Rating: Summary: Spectacular! What's wrong with the reviewers. Review: First of all, I'm no beginner to fantasy having read Salvatore Tolkein and many others I consider masters. Of course a fantasy book with elves and dwarves is gonna sound like Tolkein a little! DUH, but that's no reason to slam Eragon. Personally I was easily able to get over the fact that it reminded me of LOTR, and greatly enjoyed the book. I've read numerous female reviewers saying that they couldn't relate to any of the girls. I'm sorry but there were hardly any girls to relate to other than Angela--who I thought kicked major but, hillarious and mysteriously cool-- and Arya who is undoubtedly going to be further developed in Eldest. Arya had like five pages worth of lines in the whole book. And I know a lot of girls who are just as bossy and stuck up who are simply to proude to admit they relate to Arya!Excellet work Paolini can't wait for Eldest.
Rating: Summary: Not sure Review: I am not sure about this book. On one hand, it has a bit of interesting detail. On the other, it has fairly bad writing. For instance, on the first page I was put off by the repetitive-ness of the phrases, it kept saying contradicting things. Example: 'it was a cold, yet beautiful night'. It does not actually say that but since I don't have a copy, I don't have a real example. It was basically a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's spectacular masterpieces, and the writing was really annoying some of the time. I don't know. Perhaps you will like it. Every other page I was thinking, 'I should buy this book' and then on the next, 'What am I talking about? This is a terrible book.' I did not end up buying it. I have read many, many books, including all sorts of fantasy and classics. I don't think this is anything on books like The Lord of the Rings or A Wizard of Earthsea. I truly believe you should read one of those instead. ...An avid thirteen-year-old reader...
Rating: Summary: an excellent book Review: Eragon is a story about a boy named Eragon who goes hunting for his family in the mountains. While he's in the mountains a huge diamond falls out of the sky. Eragon takes the diamond home hoping he can get some money out of it. Little did he know the diamond would change his life forever. What i liked about this book is the sensce of adventure ythat you get while your reading it. What i disiked was about this story is that it leads into the next book and you have to wait for the next exciting book in the series. Otherwise I disliked nothing else. If you liked the Wheel of Time series or the Lord of the Rings Trilogy you'll definitally love this book.
Rating: Summary: a book of the century Review: the book eragon was a book I thought would be boring. Boy was I wrong. The book strats off boring but it picks up in the end. It is one of my favorite books. J.K. rowling watch out there is a new authory in town.
Rating: Summary: The best book I have ever read!!! Review: This book is so good that I feel nothing can compare to it! I absolutely loved it and can not wait for the second one!
Rating: Summary: Eragon Review: Eragon: Christopher Paolini Eragon is a deer hunter in a mysterious magical forest called Spine. He finds a very smooth indestructible stone that is dark blue with white veins. The stone, which actually is a dragon egg, hatches and a dragon comes out. The dragon grows fast because of lots of growth spurts. He names the dragon Saphira after a name of a dragon from long ago. Eragon lives in a small village call Palancar Valley in a farmhouse. Eragon lives with Garrow who is not his father. After Eragon's birth his mom pleads for Garrow to raise him and Garrow accepted. Two dark hooded creatures in the shape of a human wearing black cloaks, called the Razac, are in search of a dragon egg. Eragon tells Saphira about this by telepathic communication, and Saphira goes crazy. Saphira quickly flies both of them to the area where the egg was found and only to return to find their house blasted to pieces. After lifting a lot of wood they found Garrow, who eventually dies. Eragon decides to revenge against Razac. The story continues with exciting adventures as Eragon and his dragon travels through difficult journeys and meets many challenges in his revenge. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the Lord Of The Ring series. It is basically the same type of characters. There are wizards, elves, dwarfs, urgals and lots of other fantasy creatures making this book a magnificent magical fantasy story. I think it is amazing that a teenager wrote this book and I am looking forward to reading the second book of Eragon. -Colin
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