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Summary: Loved it
Review: Exellent! Great book. Christopher Paolini is a genius. It has dragons and dwarfs and elves and swordfights. I am an 11 yr old boy and I recommend it for anyone who liked Harry Potter, Tolkien and similar books.
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Summary: Definatley a 11 out of 10!
Review: This is a great book. It starts out boring, but keep reading because it gets great.It has two main thgings that every good story needs ( in my opinion), action and adventure. Some people say Christopher Paolini just pulled ideas from other books. That may be so, but Eragon is still a great book. It may be alot like the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but it still had enough of new ideas to make a great book! A word of caution: Get used to sitting at home, reading until 11:30 PM because once you start Eragon, you will never want to put it down!
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Summary: Great book, for the beginning
Review: Honestly, the size of the book depressed me. I'm one that hates to cary around huge books to read, so I let it sit in my room for at least a month before I even picked it up, based on size alone. And then I read the first chapter, had no idea what an "urgal" was, and set it down for another week and a half.
Being a huge fantasy-lord of the rings-harry potter fan, I figured a book about a boy and his dragon would be something along the lines of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern books. How wrong I was.
After starting the first chapter and seeing Eragon find this blue jewel and the blue jewel being an egg, I was entranced. Finishing the book in three days, it was clear to see that with all the internal conflicts, I wasn't going to get my fix of Arya the elf in 528 pages.
The one set back to the book was how Paolini would put the ancient language spells, and no translation next to it. I hated to keep reading not knowing what it meant, but I hated having to go back to the glossary time after time.
Christopher Paolini's first book, Eragon, is a wonderful book that entrances the reader, and makes you wish that he had the second two books written already. ;-]
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Summary: inspiration for young authors
Review: I enjoyed this book for several reasons, the main one being that it can be an inspiration for young authors! I teach 2nd grade and I am always looking for ways to motivate my students. Sharing this author's bio and excerpts from this story lets them know that they too can aspire to be authors. I can't wait for the sequel. Thank you Christopher.
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Summary: Happily Surprised
Review: I thought this book was really great! I'm a very picky reader and only want to read the very best. I expected Eragon to be boring but it was actually better than the over exposed Harry Potter! I can't wait for a sequel! Give this book a shot, trust me you WON'T be disappointed! One of the best books I've ever read and should be up in the league with Lord of The Rings. Fit for all ages wonderfull please read it, it's worth every penny. Never been so happily surprised by a book! Take it from me don't miss this opportunity to read this book!
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Summary: Eragon - a 10 year-old's view
Review: I enjoyed reading this book each day. After school, I eagerly read each page. I found out this book may be like The Lord of the Rings but yet it was still great! This is one of the best books that I have ever read! This book is filled with adventure, action, and mystery. The book is based on a boy who sets out with a dragon and an old wise dragon rider who trains Eragon to become one of the greatest riders, and the only one who is out of the evil King Galbatorix's control.
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Summary: EXCELLENT READ
Review: This is an awesome book. It is a little boring at first, but speeds up as soon as you get into it really. I kept flipping back through the book and I thought "Ohh. THAT'S what that was/why that happened." Paolini is good at suspense, and a good writer. He got 3 stars because for my age group, it'd be hard to read. The book is about a kid named Eragon. He finds a dragon egg in the woods and goes on a quest to find the elves. It is reminiscent of LOTR, but with it's own twist. It's got some old, much-used characterisitics, but still manages to be original. I almost gave this a four star, but as I said, it'd be too hard for my age group. Oh, by the way, did I mention my age group is 10-12? Yeah. I'm 11.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I am only 10 years old,and I thought that this book was FANTASTIC. If you like the Harry Potter books(which I happen to love)than I'm sure you'll like this one. The author completely captures the confused,angry,sad,and happy emotions that the characters feel throughout the book.I must say that I am astounded at how good this book is when the author was so young. I don't know what could make you vote this book less than 3 stars. It is a bit violent,but it is at the same time magical,enchanting,and sometimes just downright confusing. This is the kind of book that will keep you up way past your bedtime trying to find out what happens next.
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Summary: a promising beginning
Review: I was a little hesitant to read this book at first, because I heard it was written by a 15 year old, and I figured the language or concept would be immature. Plus, with Lord of the Rings being so hot these days, the title Eragon was a bit too similar. But then I kept hearing people say they enjoyed the story. So I gave it a try. I am glad I did. While I cannot give it a 5 star, reserving that for the Harry Potters, Bilbos and Lyras, I feel a 4 star does not do it justice. It is a good tale, and I will look forward to reading the rest of the trilogy when it is published. Certainly the reviewers who say it leans on Tolkien, Pullman and Star Wars are right: There are elves, and elvish language, and swords with names. There is a daemon-like link between dragon and rider. There is an echo of "Empire" with underdog rebels. But that homage should not diminish the originality of the weaving of this tale, which evolves rapidly taking unexpected turns, or the language, which is deceptively easy even elegant. Descriptions of places and events are easy to visualize without being wordy or burdensome. Characters retain some mystery, coaxing curiosity about the obstacles ahead, and how they will slip past them. All in all, I enjoyed this book, and wish I did not have to wait to continue the story. It is a remarkable beginning for its young author; I will be very interested to see where his writing, and imagination, will lead.
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Summary: A very well written book.
Review: Trust me-this is a good book. Plenty of people gave this book 1 star. There were a bunch of reasons (none of which were very good). The most common one was that he copied others. I saw very little relationship between this book and Harry Potter OR Lord Of The Rings (the two most prominent ones). The problem with those "similar" books is that Saphira is there. You don't see Frondo (or Bilbo) walking around with a dragon following him. And Harry Potter really only focused on magic, there were almost no dragons, and the story was more "Action" than "Adventure" as compared to the very "Adventure-y" Eragon. As for the "female characters do nothing" thing come on!!! Arya was obviously much stronger than Eragon, even when she was poisoned AND in a trance she easily could have killed Eragon (when Eragon made contact with Arya's mind-page 338), even though the whole "rescue the beautiful woman" thing was kind of old the fact that the "beautiful woman" is more than capable of taking care of herself is something relativly new. For the "old plot" complaint: c'mon you read this book all in one sitting, didn't you (that was a statement). If you read ANY book all at once, especially as long a book as this one, you'll get bored no matter how good the book is. Try reading it one chapter at a time. Also, most fantasy-adventure books have the whole "long boring journey" thing. For all those people who gave this book a one (or a two): please, this book IS good. Have you noticed this book's average is a FOUR, not a ONE (and you guys are the ones that tipped the average anyway) Paloni is young, and still has much experience to get, but for the first try of a 15 year old this book is 6 out of 5 (using the Amazon.com rating system). This book is as bad as the moon is made out of cheese. For those who gave this book a bad rating, you are entitled to your own opinions, but you're the ones that are missing out.
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