Eragon

Authors: Christopher Paolini

Series: The Inheritance Cycle (#1)

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3.75 stars, rounded up. Eragon is a persistent and courageous teenager who comes upon a blue dragon egg while deer hunting. Thus his adventure begins, told in 3rd person, set in a medieval land ruled by an evil emperor. Here be dragons, Orc-like urgals and kulls, elves, dwarves, magicians, witches, werecats, shades, famous swords, etc.

Not totally engrossing to me, but a promising beginning. I liked the characters (especially Brom and Murtagh) and sympathized with Eragon during his steep learn

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ing curve and with the tortured captured elf, and with Murtagh, etc.

My main quibble is the timeline. Unclear for too long. When did the evil Galbatorix destroy the dragon riders and seize the throne of King Broddring? For most of the book, I thought the prologue occurred decades or even centuries ago (not only months ago).

Also, the dragon Saphira didn't feel sufficiently three-dimensional. The dragons in Novik's series show more interesting and varied character traits (see His Majesty's Dragon).

The concept of dragon riders who communicate mentally with their dragons reminded me of Mccaffrey's series, beginning with Dragonsdawn.

This book felt a bit long, at 500 pages. The sequels are much longer, ranging from 750-1000 pages each. I do not plan to read them. I prefer fast-flowing books of about 400 pages.

Narration is good, but I didn't like the way Doyle portrayed the dragon Saphira, with a harsh and unpleasant voice.

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SpiritQueenSakura 6 years ago

Definitely my absolute favorite series. Paolini is an exceptional writer with amazing detail. The book just flows like a movie in my mind when I read it.