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| Eragon (Inheritance Cycle) | 
 enlarge | Author: Christopher Paolini
Publisher: Corgi Childrens
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (136 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1175
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0552552097
EAN: 9780552552097
ASIN: 0552552097
Publication Date: January 6, 2005
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 Entertaining read but nothing new January 2, 2009
I read Eragon after my friend raved and raved about it for weeks. (In hindsight, I think said friend was over exaggerating).
The book contains the typical fantasy plot of a poor farmboy (Eragon) finding a dragon egg. Upon hatching the egg, Eragon finds himself swept up by events beyond his control and discovers that the fate of his world is on his shoulders.
Although, he creates a rich and detailed fantasy world, Christopher Paolini offers nothing new to the fantasy genre, using conventional characters such as dwarves and elves. He also borrows the storyline from Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. As a result from this, the plot gets a bit too predictable in places.
However, Eragon is a good read if you just want a bog standard fantasy epic with a big battle and well paced plot.
 Original, New and Fresh Ideas from this Author. December 27, 2008
I got this book for christmas and just couldn't put it down. I was going to discuss the storyline but after seeing the shocking 1 and 2 star reviews I am going to focus on the original points of this book and how it has set itself apart from other such books.
Before this book I have never seen...
1) Such an intimate bond between human and animal that makes the bonds of friendship and love look weak.
2) Dwarves harboring another race in there caves showing great hospitality and shrugging off the stereotype that Dwarves are greedy and selfish.
3) an author create a huge world and not be scared to explore every city, town and forest and show good planning and great effort in creating immense detail for all these places.
4) Magic being controlled by a full language and not just shouting out random words to make spells like so many other books. This also shows the great detail and effort the author has put into this book.
5) The elves act in a way that has never been done before and shows them in a new light and doesn't portray them as a perfect race. Also we find a solid explanation to the elves long life and how they live in the forest.
I have allready started onto the next book (Eldest) so this is only the short list of what I can remember.
People say this book takes its ideas from many others and this makes the author look like a lazy copycat when it is the opposite which is true. Ofcourse he is influenced by other peoples work as everyone is but this book for me gives a nice breath of fresh air into fantasy and has changed the way i think about the genre.
Okay its not orignal but fun to read all the same December 22, 2008
I picked up Eragon on a whim before hearing all the hype and equal criticism. I enjoyed the story and the development of Eragon's and Saphira's relationship. I must admit that the book mirrors aspects of well known and loved fantasy stories but that should not put you off, hardly anything has true originality these days.
Eragon is a Good start the Inheritance cycle which improves with the second instalment. If you like fantasy make time for this book
A good read, if a little wooden at times ... October 11, 2008
For any fantasy/sci-fi fan, Eragon will contain a lot of familiar material. However, it is well written and has a fast-moving pace which makes up for its derivative nature. Although the story and characters are not new, it is an interesting (if not particularly thrilling) read.
On the down-side, the dialogue is very wooden and a lot of the description is long-winded and verbose. I suppose we can excuse Paolini, seeing as he was quite young when he wrote it.
Altogether, a good read (if you can stand the none-too-subtle echoes of Star Wars and LOTR).
Eragon September 18, 2008
the Eragon books are brilliant if you havent seen the film wich ruins it making in my opinion a worse picture for the book. Still well worth the read of all the series!
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