Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns…Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to awe-inspring new places and people, his days filled with fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn’t know whom he can trust.Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle–one that might put Eragon in even graver danger.Will the king’s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life. . . .
Praise for Eragon:“Unusual, powerful . . . fresh and fluid. An impressive start to a writing career that’s sure to flourish.” –
Booklist, Starred
“Christopher Paolini make[s] literary magic with his precocious debut.” –
People“The new ‘It’ book of children’s lit.” –
U.S. News & World Report“An auspicious beginning to both career and series.” –
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Customer Reviews
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Overhyped and unreadable
After all the buzz, I finally decided to give this series a try. It is shallow, linear, simplistic and boring. Don't buy this book if you are looking for something along the lines of Tolkien, LeGuin, or even Rowling. You will be sadly disappointed.
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It was ok...
I gave this book three stars because, I did enjoy the story at some points, but many times I felt like the story was going to slow. The characters in Eldest were very flat and one-dimensional. Also, Eragon the character was just unreasonably fake in this story for a number of reasons. He learned like a billion things that would take normal people years to learn such as learning languages, magic, etc...
What made this book worth reading was that the author actually split the story into ...
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Strong, if a little slow
When reading the other reviews on this site for this book, I was overwhelmed by the negative response.
It's not that bad.
That being said, there are many ways Paolini could have made this better. It just dragged on for way too long at parts. And worst of all, the ending was clearly forseeable.
Eldest provest to be a less linear, slightly more abstract sequel to Eragon, a very good debut for such a young rider.
Now, on to Brisingr,
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Very enjoyable...
Like the first in the series 'Eragon', I found Eldest to be very engaging and interesting. The plot was predictable, but it was predictable in good ways. I find this series very interesting and easy to read.
Looking forward to the third.
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Eldest Review
Eldest (Inheritance)
Over all, I really liked The Inheritance trilogy and Eragon was a great book. The problem is that after Eragon, most of Eldest was a let down and I really hope that the series comes back together in the 3rd book, Brisngr, if not, I bet Paolini will get much worse reviews on Amazon.com.
A lot of the writing could have been cut off though, like most of Eragon's lessons, and many of the long, unnecessary descriptions of random events. The part I hated most about ...
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Christopher Paolinis abiding love of fantasy and science fiction inspired him to begin writing his debut novel, Eragon, when he graduated from high school at age 15. 
Our quickie pronunciation guide will help you get to know some of the names and places in the Inheritance series.
