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Summary: My Connection to Eragon
Review: The main characters of this book are so developed that after I read it, I found that I had become attached to some of them. I missed hearing the banter between Eragon and his companion, Murtagh. I missed the daily swordplay lessons between Eragon and Brom. I missed the interactions between all of the characters. This novel was a well-crafted, well-planned, and well-written story. It was an adventure just to read it. While reading, because of Paolini's vivid imagery, I felt like I was there. When I sat down with this book, I was on a dragon's back sword fighting with monsters and wielding magic, I was on horseback riding across a desert in company of friends, I was the one living the adventure. Paolini's vivid description of characters added to this illusion. Murtagh and I would sword fight around a campfire at night until we were so tired we collapsed laughing. Brom was teaching me the secrets of magic and showing me how to control my dragon in flight. I was the one who was communicating with Saphira and growing to love her. This huge weight that had been put on Eragon's shoulders and all of the things that came with it didn't belong to him. When I was reading, they belonged to me. That is why I love reading so much. It gives me the chance to live out grand adventures that are impossible to live anywhere else except through books. Eragon provided me with an adventure that was unlike any I have ever experienced and that is why I love it so much.
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Summary: What a wonderful book!
Review: What we have here is a kid writing an epic scale book for other kids to read.For all those who gave this book a not-so-great review, perhaps you are reading under your age group. Since this book is professionally reviewed for readers age 10 - 14, I read it to see if it would be over the head of my 8 year old grandson. He's read all the Harry Potter books, so it should be just about right for him. My grandson will not notice the influence of other stories on this young author, Paolini. My grandson will read this book for hours of sheer delight. Just as I read Tolkein and McCaffery in high school before I became an adult and realized how heavily THEY borrowed from the many others who came before. Forget Tolkein's Aragorn!!! Did anyone even notice that replacing the "E" in Eragon with a "D" changes the name/word to Dragon? Big-Ups for Paolini's sense of humor. I would be happy to see more reviews from readers within a book's intended age group. It's rather usless for adults to do a pick-apart review of a book created for young readers... All we get is griping about the lack of literary sophistication. As if my 8 year old grandson would know or care. Perhaps the neigh-sayers should read works a bit more elevated on the Literary Ladder.... might better suit their adult tastes. Leave the kids books to the kids. Again, this is a wonderful reading adventure for the pre-high school set. Everyone else's time would be better spent re-reading The Silmarillion.... even if Tolkein did rip off scores of local myths and legends from around the globe.
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Summary: Eragon
Review: As a 40 (something) year old reader of many fantasy books, I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It reminds me of the Harry Potter books in that it leaves you anxiously awaiting the next book in the trilogy. It also is not just a book for young adults but a book everyone can read. I think it's amazing that a 19 year old wrote it and I hope that Christopher Paolini has many more succesful years of writing for us to enjoy! I can't wait til the next book, Eldest, is out!
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Summary: Eragon , the future dragon rider
Review: this book is about a simple and normal boy that finds a dragons egg and hatches it. (...)
This book is amazing! I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the lord of the rings and harry potter series. Eragons adventure is sure to keep you well interested and you wont want to stop reading. Just when you think that you have figured everything out a new twist is added unexpectedly. I personally can't wait untill the second book calledupwelling is published. I would give this book a five out of five.
There are supposed to be two more books in this series and like a said earlier the second book is called upwelling and is going to be published sometime this year.
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Summary: Some good some bad
Review: This book had me hooked from the first chapter, even though many of the concepts fo the character were copied, the actual book, to me at least, reamained 50% unpredicable and 50% you know what was going to happen for the next 1-3 chapters or so. I also think Paolini crammed too many events into one book, so, since I'm an extremly fast reader, the conflicts sort of just jumped out at me and sank back into the book.
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Summary: Blossoming Writer Finds Inspiration in Mr. Paolini
Review: What makes a good book? Well, for one thing, most avid readers will say that they want well-developed characters, a key ingredient to a literary masterpiece. Paolini achieves this through weaving a tapestry of personalities, including the courageous Eragon, the talkative Saphira, and a mysterious ally I won't mention the name of (no spoilers here, folks). Another factor towards a good book is action. People would not like to sit down with a 900 page book and fall asleep during the first 50 pages. Eragon keeps you glued to your seat. Even if a chapter is a relaxing vacation from the usually gripping violence and drama, there is enough satisfying dialogue to keep you interested. Now, people may say that Christopher Paolini has borrowed ideas from celebrated authors, but you must accredit him for achieving an enriching story with original characters, a diverse language, and remarkable and eloquent speech. You might be wondering why I have hardly touched down on the wondrous plot, but the purpose of a book review is to look at the overall standpoint of the book. Kudos to Mr. Paolini.
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Summary: Don't Give Me The "He's Only 18 Years Old" Crap
Review: This author of Eragon did not make the stuff up on his own. He copied Lord of The Rings and I'm not kidding. Based on the title of my review, his book is terrible, and he being 18 years old is the cause of it, being an inexperienced and terrible writer. One part in the book where Brom says sorry, goes like this: "Sorry," apologized Brom. Apologized? That does not make sense, because he already is apologizing and therefore does not have to say "apologized Brom." The words in the Elvish language or whatever is just a jumble of words put together: jfoaehfdhfh!
Whoever said that this book was written before the Lord of The Rings movie and the book, guess what? YOU'RE SO [...]WRONG!!!!!
The LOTR books happened to be written and published nearly 50 years ago. I'm not exaggerating. Also the movies are based on the BOOKS. It's not just a movie made up by Peter Jackson!! And the movies happened to start in about 1998.
Couple of facts:
Eragon's cover is so ugly I threw up all over the cover
"Eragon" is too fancy a name for a peasant farmer boy
Eragon- Aragorn
Isenstar-Isengard
Brom is a stupid name
Ra'Zac are like the Black Riders
Elves and Dwarves are just the copy of LOTR Elven and Dwarf Characters
Arya- Beautiful, Dark haired Arwen-Beautiful, Dark haired
Another big copy is of Shadowfax. Brom's horse is white and beautiful, and there's even a lord of the horses just like Shadowfax!!!!!!! This book is a waste of time and money. Don't buy it.
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Summary: A Perfect Blend...
Review: I just finished reading this book and it has to be, hands-down the best book I have EVER read. Never has any book made me turn down TV or Video Games or some type of electronic to read, but this book proved different. I was hooked from the first chapter to the last. This book made me laugh, sit at the edge of my seat, feel sad, and everything else in between. Eragon combines all of these together into one beautiful book. When I finished this book, I just looked outside and had to take a few minutes to let it all soak in because of the power this book had. This is well-written and is a must have for anyone who likes Fantasy Books. I have given my copy of this book to my sister, reccomended it to my friends, and telling everyone I know to buy this book! It's amazing. Trust me. I can't wait until Eldest. Keep up the GREAT writing =)
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Summary: Spellbinding
Review: Eragon, whose name did throw me at first as in Aragorn of LOTR fame is a great beginning fantasy book. If you are a young adult looking for an introduction into the world of fantasy, this is a wonderful book to begin with. I enjoyed the fast paced story with the mystical quality of the characters; Eragon the farm boy who is more than he seems, Brom the mysterious old man who turns out to be the mentor, Saphira the blue scaled dragon and the list goes on. Paolini has written a book that is easy to follow with dialogue that is good, but sophmoric and perfect for young adults. It is quite an accomplishment that this author began this book at age 15 years old! The one problem with this story is that much of it is "lifted" from other profound and great works of fantasy fiction. I'm stating it positively and saying it's a tribute to the great authors that so many plot themes are repeated (...) Beyond that, I truly enjoyed this well thought out, imaginative and exciting story of the farm boy who becomes a hero. Looking forward to reading the next installments!
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Summary: A very engaging start to what could be a great series
Review: I just finish reading this with my 10 year old son. We read it every night until midnight then got up and read more of it in the morning. We absolutely could not wait to see what would happen next. This is a great book for boys age 10-15. It's a challenging read that's full of action. This is definitly more in the vein of the Hobbit and Lord of the rings than Harry Potter. As for the complaints of predictibility and similarity to LOTR I would say that all fantasy of this nature is pretty much based on LOTR so you really can't slam the kid for doing what countless other authors (including Ms. Rowling) have done and adapting those characters to his own story. What I enjoyed about this book was the pacing. It rarely felt slow and over burdened with detail (entering the dwarf city was the one exception)which is a common problem for most fantasy writers. Paolini cuts to the heart of whatever situation his characters are in. I loved reading this book with my son and can't wait for the next one.
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