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Summary: great book for beginners in fantasy genre
Review: OK everyone has been comparing this book to all the other books of the past. I say that this book may not be as great as the all time bests but it is a FUN book to read. I dont care if there are some mistakes like the first review said. I just read to have fun and ENJOY the book. This is a great book for the beginners, and if your just starting up with the genre it is a great book that you will have fun raeding for a week. For experts great book just to sit down and read it when you want to be in a good mood.
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Summary: C'mon people
Review: For all of you who are down on this book, let's keep in mind that this is a CHILDREN'S book. Kids tend to turn off their minds and just enjoy a good story, which all of us could learn from. You don't have to compare it to the classics. Let it stand alone. Sheesh. I thought this was a very well told story. For a young author, this guy did a very good job.
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Summary: Enjoyed it
Review: All in all, Eragon is a good story that held my attention from beginning to end. There are good points to this story as well as bad and I will do my best to explain both without giving the story away. First the good. I felt that the dialogue between the characters was well written. Better than most I've read recently and that is saying a lot. What I am finding more and more, with both new and well-established writers alike, is the inability to correctly match their characters words and emotions with the situation. Characters seem to get angry over nothing and the anger is never explained. This wasn't a problem for Paolini. If his characters get angry, you know why.
Another aspect of the story that I really enjoyed is Paolini's cities and towns. They were well described without, in my opinion anyway, being over-described and they seemed diverse enough for me to discover something new with each new city.
There are also the fight scenes, which were exciting and credible, that is, if magic really existed. I found myself reading those passages too quickly in my excitement and would have to go back and read them again to really absorb the writing.
I also really enjoyed the relationship between Eragon and the dragon. It was touching, which was quite unexpected with all the testosterone running around. It was a nice surprise.
He imparts wisdom. It may not be as memorable as Gandalf telling Frodo to "not be too quick to deal out death and judgement for even the wise cannot see all ends", but wisdom it is and he gave me pause in more than a few places. Bravo for that. It just goes to show that we, the elders, don't know it all. Now for the bad. There are far too many similarities between Eragon and LOTR. I found myself giving heavy sighs whenever I stumbled across an LOTR read-alike and there were a lot of them.
Another problem I had was with some of the terms he used, such as War axe instead of just using Axe or Double-bladed axe. I felt, at those times only, that I was reading a poorly written comic book authored by a group of pimply faced Dungeons and Dragons/War Hammer addicts.
There is also a problem with the path his characters take across the countryside. They seem to traverse the land back and forth a few times, almost as if the land itself was actually quite small and he ran out of room for the 'Quest', if indeed there really is a quest. Perhaps a quest was never Paolini's intention, but with the many similarities to LOTR, a quest is what I saw attempted. Now, neither bad nor good, this story is on the simple side. It is as easy to read as Harry Potter and will appeal most to younger people, but as is the case with Harry Potter, I believe that many adults would enjoy it as well. If you are an LOTR purist, this story might not be for you. However, I consider myself an LOTR purist and I enjoyed this story. I can't say that I love the story and it never made me cry and come to think of it, I don't think I laughed once, but still, I enjoyed it.
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Summary: Paolini Power
Review: I loved this new novel. I couldn't put it down!
Buy this book if you haven't already, because you are missing out!
Long Live Eragon!
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Summary: Whosoever dost not find this book interesting hath no taste.
Review: This booked changed my way of writing my own. I gladdens me that a person so young can achive the goal all story writers wish to achive. I was most inspired after reading this fasinating book. Yes, he did get a few things from other books but 'tis hard not to now-a-days. All originality hath been taken from all books worth reading. This was an inspiration. Christopher P. will be the next J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Summary: boring, been done, boring, been done
Review: This book is boring. The storyline is a hodgepodge of what other authors have already done. And as some other reviwers have pointed out, the female characters are tiresome,pathetic really. Doesn't liveup to the hype. At all. Great cover, though,but if you judge by the cover you're in for bit of BIG dispointment.
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Summary: Out of this world Eragon
Review: This book was truly amazing. Although it resembled the plot of Lord of the Rings it was interesting to see how Cristopher Paolini added new twists and turns to the plot. This story was written very well and made me want to read more. It was such a good book that I don't think i will be able to wait long enough till Eldest comes out. A little tip- don't read this till the sequal comes out- you will save you self alot of agonizing waiting. OVERALL THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER READ it is even better that Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.
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Summary: Christopher Paolini, the next Tolkein, I think not.
Review: I have never read a book I had such crossed feelings about. On the one hand it seemed to use far too much Tolkein: elves dwarves, dragons. And guess what; the main charactor Eragon falls in love with an elf called Arya, hmm, what does this instantly remind me of, oh yeah Tolkein again, Aragorn and Arwen, I mean come on, the names are half the same.
On the other hand it had a pretty decent plot and brilliant description and being an aspiring fifteen year old author myself, I can't help but be spurred on by the fact that this book was published by a author that started writing at the same time as myself. Christopher Paolini comes across as a amateur writer, despite his wide vocabluary, who wants nothing more than to be thought of as the new Tolkein.
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Summary: good, but hopefully will get better
Review: I was very excited to read Eragon because I had heard so much about it. Unfortunately, it lacks originality and the writing style seems undeveloped. However, I could not put the book down and I did enjoy it. I think the rest of the series has the potential to be very good. I do recommend Eragon, unless you are the kind of person who will only read highly original and imaginitive books. Eragon is exciting and enjoyable and I look forward to the next book in the series.
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Summary: I COULDN'T PUT THIS ONE DOWN!
Review: This book is 500 pages long and I read it in 5 days. Putting the book down was impossible and I took it wherever I went. Even though the book is kind of a copy from LORD OF THE RINGS it still will get you hooked. I recommend this book for ages 11 to adult. Interesting turns are always happening to the characters. If you can live through the semi-boring first 40-50 pages you will love this book.
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