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Summary: JORDAN
Review: Eragon Book one of Inheritance is about this guy who happens to find an egg walking in the woods one day. It happens to be a Dragon egg. One day it hatches and Eragon touches it and a surging pain goes through his arm. Eragon dosen't know that his destiny is to become a Rider.
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Summary: a good read
Review: Eragon was a very good story and I will definitely read part two when it comes out. I think that it is great that a sixteen year old wrote this but don't consider it children's fiction. It was a little too violent for kids. You can tell that he is a big fan of Tolkien and I like stories in that vein too. It is not as much of a Lord of the Rings rip off as say Sword of Shannara but there are similarities in his world and Tolkien's. I do like the relationship between the boy and the dragon. It is a great concept. I do hope that Christopher Paolini isn't too busy promoting Eragon that he hasn't started part two!
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Summary: Hotter than most veteran writers
Review: This young man has the spirit of Anne mccaffrey flowing in him. I read a lot of books and a lot of garbage and this young man has incredible potential. I won't comment on the book cause you can tell from the editorial review what it is about. I can explain it no better. This young one is hot. I am waiting for eldest book 2 to come out, cause for a person of 15 years to what write what people twice his age do and not quite this good is sad!! Don't get me wrong I love my anne Mccaffrey I consider her one of the best writers. I just want it known that christopher paolini is hot young and coming up. This book WILL keep you interested. I give Chris mad props.
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Summary: Eragon is Paolini
Review: I have just finished reading a fantastic book! The whole time I am thinking about the abilities of C.Paolini and Eragon. I was first caught by the cover, that huge amazing work by Palencar, I'm not familiar with Palencar, but he made sure the dragon knew me. As I read the jacket I was drawn to all things that make my reading of fantasy a joy. An amazing story. I will be looking for Paolini in the new book section along with my other writers. Having lived in Montana for a few years, it is good to see that Montana has as many surprises as it appears Christopher has in store. Not to be limited to any one age group, Eragon is there for the ages, and for all ages. If you like Orson Scott Card, Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Christoper Paolini is a must read author.
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Summary: Better than average
Review: I read this book because of its description as the new "Harry Potter". Rowling's books are outstanding because of the novelty of her ideas in this extremely competitive genre. Unfortunately, Paolini's material is wholesome but stale, borrowing too much from his predecessors in this field . At the same time, this would be an excellent introduction to the world of fantasy fiction, particularly for the younger readers. I found his literary style clean and direct, with just the right amount of descriptiveness to bring a world to life, but he betrays his young age with limited sub-plots. Robert Jordan, he ain't (for better or worse). Hopefully, he will get off the much beaten track in the future. A good christmas gift for the young uns
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Summary: The up-and-comer in classic fantasy fiction
Review: Many reviewers have addressed the opening of the book, the awkwardness of the first chapters and the formulaic treatment of plot and traditional fantasy peoples. Uh huh, all that is true.What is also true is that this is a first rate first novel. I've read (and finished, more is the pity) much worse. It's new classical fantasy fiction. Yes, it derives much from Tolkein, Eddings, McCaffery, et al. And some folks are bored with that and looking for a new voice and are correct to say "don't look for that here". But if you enjoy the classic coming-of-age, heroic quest type of story, LOOK HERE. Mr. Paolini has created a very readable (once you get past the first few chapters) book.
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Summary: Excellent Tolkienesque fantasy.
Review: I've been trying to find some rich, detailed fantasy lately. You know, with a good amount of magic, dwarves,elves, and dragons.This one, was wonderful. It was superbly original, taking the whole good and evil thing to a different step.On the other hand, it was wonderful that he added in dwarves and elves as well.
Paolini has an excellent way of doing magic.He goes in the tradition of Terry Brooks, yet actually has spell names.
Eragon , a young, unsuspecting boy, like most heroes, finds a sapphire while he's hunting on the plains. When he returns home,it hatches into a dragon.Then , the action picks up.His uncle is savagely attacked by the Ra'zac,Eragon goes to seek revenge, and also learns that he, Eragon, is destined to be the next Dragon Rider.
Buy it.You won't regret it.
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Summary: A Truely Gifted Author
Review: At the start of the book, I thought the flow of the story-line to be shaky at best, and almost put the book down in favor of R.A Slvatore's new novel. I continued, however, and entered upon the interesting part of the book. Though I think we all can agree that Mr. Paolini has not yest reached the masterful level of Tolkein, Slavatore, or even Mrs. Rowling, I do think that he is the most promising author on the horizen of fantasty literature, and I look forward to the rest of this series, and perhaps a full fledged career as a fantasty author. Bravo
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Summary: Best Book Ever!
Review: When I first got the book I would just read one or two chapters a night (and they were farely short chapters.) But by the fifth or sixth chapter when you find out that a magical stone that the main character found hatches into a blue dragon all of a sudden the book opened up, and I couldn't stop reading. The author only fifteen when he started the book blew me away. His work has the ideas and inginuity of Tolkien and the flow of JK Rowling.
This book is my favorite ever! Can't wait for the sequel!
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Summary: Paolini is a Master!
Review: I have been a fantasy fan for longer than this author has been alive. This book is one of the top 5 books I've ever read!
My only negative comment is that some of the plot twists were poorly veiled making those twists obviuos. But the plot itself is complicated and encomposes a "real" view of politics. If you are a DUNE or HOBBIT fan you MUST read this book. I recommend every school library purchase it immediately because this book will be bigger than HARRY POTTER.
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