Eragon

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Summary: wow
Review: Let me tell you know, Christopher had it coming to him ever since he published Eragon. While reading Eragon I noticed similaities between his book and the hit saga of Star Wars. The pieces came together when I read that Eragon lived under an Empire that fought against a Rebellion (the Varden.) It was a real pity. I thought Christopher had it made but upon discovering that his book was really no more that a "fantasy version of Star Wars" is was disappionted. As I continued to read more and more clues pointed to my conclusion.

-- Eragons uncle (like Luke's) was murdered in the beginning of the book. He was even killed for the same reason and in the same way. Uncle Owen was killed in search of Droids and Uncle Garrow was killed in search of Saphirra. Both died by fire.

-- Eragon goes to Brom (a mysteries old man who turns out to be a dragonrider.) Luke goes to Obi-Wan who turns out to be a Jedi. After which both Luke and Eragon leave on a quest of revenge guided by their mentors (Brom and Obi-Wan)

--Along the way we learn that the dragonriders once maintained order in the land. The jedi did the same thing. The fall of both the dragonrders and the jedi occured in the same fashion, by the betrayl of a jedi, or a dragonrider.

-- They rescue a princess from jail. Lea and Arya were both delievering something when they were captured. (Christopher's substitute for droids is Saphirra)

--Brom dies along the way just as Obi-Wan did. And, he died to save Eragon, just as Obi-Wan did. Then after that Eragon meets up with the rebellion just as Luke did. Then they had a battle.


-- My guess is that the cripple spoken of in the end of Eragon is going to play the same role as Yoda. He may even be a dragonrider!

-- Also I assume that Eragon and Murtagh are brothers. Eragon's father will be Morzan in the same tradition of Star Wars. "Eragon, I am your father!"

Aside from copying Star Wars it has flat characters. Its a moderately enjoyable book but it has major flaws. Two stars and two thumbs down. Nice try, Paolini but nothing gets by me.

Rating:
Summary: Young and Old will enjoy
Review: I gave this as a gift to my husband (38) nephew (8) and brother-in-law (40). All three are still talking about it one year later. They are all eagerly anticipating the release of the next book in the series. I highly recommend that you read this book. Just don't tell my husband or brother-in-law that I implied they are old.

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Summary: Eragon = Skywalker
Review: Before I start, I must admit that I enjoyed reading this book and will most probably continue with the rest of the trilogy, but after learning that this story will shortly receive the Hollywood treatment, I couldn't help getting a tad annoyed. (Oh yeah, spoilers aplenty!)
This book, as mentioned by another reviewer, is a complete rip-off of Star Wars. Eragorn (aka Luke Skywalker) lives in a quiet corner of the universe until one day his life is turned up-side-down when he finds out his destiny is to become a mighty Dragon Rider, better known to you and me as Jedi Knights. In fact, just in case you didn't get that little connection, it's emphasised in every possible way. Dragon Riders, like Jedi Knights, were peacekeepers in former years, but are now only a distant memory because one of them became too strong and decided to kill the others. His name was Darth Vader.
Now, Eragon doesn't leave alone, oh no, he does so with a mysterious old man called, Brom, who predictably turns out to be none other than Obi-Wan Kenobi; the last remnant of the old Jed- I mean Dragon Riders. He teaches Eragon everything he needs to know before - and wait for this, you'll love it - they find out they have to rescue a damsel in distress. In this version she's some elf bird, but in another she's called Princess Leia. Right, am I forgetting anything? Oh wait! Naturally, Brom, like Obi-Wan, dies along the way.
Now I'm not saying the rest of the story will continue in this way, but if one day I'm sitting with my duvet wrapped around me, a warm hot chocolate at my side and Eldest (the next book after Eragon) in my lap and I find out that Eragon runs into Yoda, or the main bad guy turns out to be Eragon's father, I might just be sick.