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Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1):
Here's a great big fantasy that you can pull over your head like a comfy old sweater and disappear into for a whole weekend. Christopher Paolini began Eragon when he was just 15, and the book shows the influence of Tolkien, of course, but also Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, and perhaps even Wagner in its traditional quest structure and the generally agreed-upon nature of dwarves, elves, dragons, and heroic warfare with magic swords. > Eragon, a young farm boy, finds a marvelous blue stone in a mystical mountain place. Before he can trade it for food to get his family through the hard winter, it hatches a beautiful sapphire-blue dragon, a race thought to be extinct. Eragon bonds with the dragon, and when his family is killed by the marauding Ra'zac, he discovers that he is the last of the Dragon Riders, fated to play a decisive part in the coming war between the human but hidden Varden, dwarves, elves, the diabolical Shades and their neanderthal Urgalls, all pitted against and allied with each other and the evil King Galbatorix. Eragon and his dragon Saphira set out to find their role, growing in magic power and understanding of the complex political situation as they endure perilous travels and sudden battles, dire wounds, capture and escape.Price: $18.95
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers on 2003-08-26.
Average rating (1853 reviews):
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 Rating: 8.0 |
Recent reviews:
Reviewed by anonymous on 2005-11-15: A little background - I am an adult reader who has not read the Lord of the Ring series nor am I a big fan of the fantasy/medieval genre.
I had heard accounts of this book through various mediums, (read more ...)
Rating: 6.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2005-11-15: Eragon could best be described as the cotton candy of the liturature world. It was fast and easy to consume, and also reasonably enjoyable, however, it does not provide any long term norishment or satisfaction.
I found that I enjoyed the (read more ...)
Rating: 8.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2005-11-14: I have never been into reading much at all. I was at the local book store and saw the book looked at the back cover and read the print on it. I found it of intrest so i bought it. I (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2005-11-13: Ok, let's get things straight, Paolini really needs to come up with his OWN story. This book is pretty much a cauldron of books thrown together. Not only that, but the descriptions and dialogue are so boring and predictable, you could (read more ...)
Rating: 2.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2005-11-13: Yup, it is pure plagiarism. There was not an original thought or concept in this book. I only read it because it was highly recommended to me.
One way that I will disagree with some of the other reviewers is (read more ...)
Rating: 4.0
