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Summary: Best fantasy book ever
Review: Despite what other people have said about this book, it is most likely the best fantasy book that I have EVER read! The people that complained about his language and choice of words obviously didn't read the book that I read. His vocabulary in this book was OUTSTANDING! I can't believe that he is only 19! And, just because he knows to use other words besides 'said' doesn't make the book tacky!!!!! I think that its awesome that he uses rich vocab. Many books written by accomplished authors don't even write as well as this man did!!! I can't believe that people could criticize a book and dislike it just because he has wonderful vocabulary in this book. The people whom criticized it probably are just upset and jealous because they didn't know what the words meant and don't have that good of a vocabulary. This book is awesome with a deep plot, developed characters, and tense battles. Read it!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: An Excellent Start to Great Series!
Review: While the world is ingulfed in the like of Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and others of the like, I just happened to wonder on the Teens section of randomhouse.com and this book caught my eye. After reading a few pages while I was on break at work, I simply had to buy a copy and read it.Taking insperation (and borrowing heavly from Anne McCaffrey), enter the newest teen-age author Christopher Paolini's massive (yes, a hefty 500+ pgs.) debut novel. The plot is about a young 16 year old boy named Eragon who discovers a shiny blue stone while out on a hunting trip. Hoping to sell it for food, he takes it home and discovers that it is actually a dragon egg. The dragon hatches and Eragon's simple, farm-boy life is changed forever. After nearly lossing everything dear to him, Eragon is forced to leave by Brom, the village story-teller (who has a few secrets of his own), who accompanies him on his journey into the detailed world of Alagaesia, a Tolkin-like land full of evil creatures, dwarves, elves, and many more who will become Eragon's allies and enemies. And that's just Book I! Currently, Paolini is hard at work writting Eldest, Book II. While readers eagerly await that novel, Eragon is, by far, the best in what a teen author can produce. While Amelia Atwater-Rhodes may have started the trend, she still has a lot to learn about exceptional grammer and just writting a novel all together. Paolini goes to great lenghts to give his readers a detailed and impressive story that is an udder joy to read. It's hard to imagine that he started this novel when he was only 15! Eragon is seemingly flawless. You get a colorful cast of characters, gorgous landscapes, a plot that doesn't try to hard to be impressvie and flashy, and doesn't live you a rotten cliff-hanger. All in all, I cannot find anything that is wrong with novel. However, my only real complant is that Eragon is a little too "meaty". The novel doesn't need to be 500+ pages (a standerd 300-350+ is an average for most novels, especially for the start of a Triology such as this) and I found myself wondering on several occassions. But, neverless, I forged on, greatly apperciating on Paolini's masterful skills with the pen. I would recommend anyone who enjoies book like Harry Potter, or just an avid reader of Sci-Fi/Fantasy!
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Summary: Harry Potter for kids, Eragon for teens!
Review: A book you don't want to put down once you get going and one that you'll want to read many times, each time something you didn't notice comes to life and you love it even more. Few books can do that do you, and this one did to me. Like Harry in Harry Potter Eragon is thrown into an andventure that will change him and the world he lives in. However, it is much more mature with our man character already becoming a young adult with bloody fights and battles.
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Summary: A so-so fantasy tale.
Review: This story was a worthy effort for a 19-year old writer, but he should have worked for another year on the piece before its self-publication. The author utilizes many adjectives, a good tool for describing objects and scenery in a story, but when too many are inserted, especially dull adjectives like "big, large, round, etc." a style suffers. Since Christopher is still a very young man and seems to be at a stage in life where writers use their initial success as learning blocks to mature as novelists, I feel we have yet to see the true capabilities of this promising author. Being only 22 years old and a self-published writer myself, I congratulate Christopher for his success in aquiring a book deal with a high paying publishing house. A dream like this comes only to those who persist for achievement in their dreams. Keep on writing, Christopher!
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Summary: Harry Potter is left in the dust!
Review: I am 12 years old next week. Although I'am not the oldest or the wisest I know this book is the best. Expect the unexpected as you go into a magical journey. This book has inspired my art with dragons, shades, urgals, and elves. It has taken me 2 days to read this book between homework assignments. I just couldn't put it down! Have fun reading this and make sure you soak up all the magic!!
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Summary: Very Excellent...A new Fave...just a little unoriginal
Review: ERAGON has joined my favorites shelf for a long time. I truly enjoyed the story, which, yes was a bit like Star Wars and Tolkien and Anne McAffrey...but then, what books aren't? I mean, how many books have you read that changes the, say, elves from Tolkien's traditional silver-haired, long-living graceful creatures to anything else? The public just wouldn't accept it.
Despite the resemblence to Tolkien and the names, which were, yes, very much like those of the LOTR's, I really loved this book. The story keeps you reading, and in fact, my only complaint about the actually narration and the events is that Eragon tends to black out way too much. I felt like every other chapter began with "as Eragon blinked and opened his eyes..." or ended with "and suddenly it all went black."
Otherwise, a highly entertaining read...I attribute the "copycatting" of other authors as just a sort of respect and
looking-up-to to them. Please read! I highly reccomend it!
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Summary: One Of The Best Books Of All Time!!
Review: I am a big magic fan. When a girl in my grade reccomended this book to me I could tell it was going to be great. I got it a few days after the girl reccomended it to me and I couldn't put it down. I am also a big Harry Potter fan. I used to think that Harry Potter was the best series in the world. Now that I have read Eragon I think that The Harry Potter seroes is tied with The Inheritance Triolgy. Read it!!
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Summary: Completely a chocolate giving up book!
Review: I find that Eragon is an awesome book and the reader will not be disappointed however much he tries. Action, drama, and a well thought out saga are very much present. A good buy.
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Summary: A very enjoyable read indeed
Review: Unlike Tolkein, this writer gently draws us into Eragon's world rather than droping us head first into a slurry of names of people and places as if it were some kind of fantasy Jeapordy game. This is most definately lighter than Tolkein and as such, will appeal to a different and perhaps even a wider range of people. Oh, and PS........The age of the writer means no more to me than what he looks like. The boy can write!!! and I look forward to the next book with great anticipation.
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Summary: Read the real thing instead.
Review: This book is distressing in the amount of attention it is getting, when from the very first page it is apparent that the author "borrowed" massive amounts of detail, motifs, characters, names,languages, etc. from other fantasy writers, especially Tolkien. There was not an original phrase to be found. I was willing to give the book a try and was sorely disappointed. The publishers should be ashamed of themselves as they clearly chose this book as a marketing gimmick because of the author's age and have indeed made a fortune because of this.
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