Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) (The Inheritance Cycle) by Christopher Paolini
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Book Reviews of Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) (The Inheritance Cycle)
Book Review: A exellent book, what's with all the bad reviews?
Summary: 5 Stars
Unlike other people, I saw the movie before I read the book. People talked to me about it, but I thought it was a depressing book series with the last dragon on earth in it.
But after seeing the movie and learning I had been mistaken in this viewpoint, I got the book from the library and am now reading 'Brisingr'.
<SPOILERS!!! WARNING!!!>
A young boy named Eragon, raised by his Uncle Garrow and Aunt Marian in the land of Alagaesia, where the evil King Galbatorix lords over the land, finds a saphire colored egg and thinks it is some sort of valuable stone. He tries to sell it, but it ends out hatching, and revealing a small dragon inside.
Eragon raises the dragon, and gleans information about them from Brom, the village's storyteller. He gives his female dragon the name 'Saphira', from a dragon name that Brom gives him.
Soon, evil beings called the Ra'zac come to Eragon's village, and murder his uncle Garrow (his cousin Roran being somewhere else, and his aunt having died years before), leaving Eragon with a heavy thirst for revenge.
Brom finds Eragon and Saphira, says he knows about dragons, and insists that he allow him to train Eragon, so he might live though his quest to kill the Ra'zac. Eragon agrees, and him and Brom and Saphira leave, for the Ra'zac are leaving, and the trio don't want to lose them.
After dropping off at a massacered village, having Eragon's fortune told by Angela, and getting information from Jeod, a wealthy merchant and an old friend of Brom's, they try to find out the Ra'zac's hiding place, which leads to them fleeing for their lives from Hellegrid.
While on the run from Ra'zac, they get attacked, and Brom is wounded. A young man named Murtagh rescues Eragon and Saphira, and offers to help them with their quest. They reach a hidden cave, where Brom wakes up and tells Eragon he was a Dragon Rider, and that his dragon, Saphira, was killed by the traitor Morzan. He then dies, leaving Eragon heartbroken.
Shortly after they get captured, and Eragon meets Duraz, a evil Shade that is intent on learning Eragon's true name (learning the true name of a person will allow anyone control over a person). With a little bit of luck, Eragon and Murtagh escape to join Saphira, rescuing a elf woman in the process.
When they reach safty, Eragon heals her, and finds out from her mind the way to the Varden, and that she must have medicine from them is she wants to be healed. They journey there, where and Saphira discover that Murtagh is Morzan's son, (Morzan being the traitor Dragon Rider that allied with Galbatorix, the evil king of Alagaesia, to kill the rest of the Dragon Riders and in doing so killed all the dragons that did not escape Alagaesia), and ally themselves to the Varden.
A battle is waged, and Eragon and Saphira must fight against the Shade Duraz, or die in the process...
<SPOILERS END HERE>
All together, a great book.
Book Review: 5 STARS 100%!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Eragon is by far perhaps one of the best and most riveting and interesting books i have ever read. My friend urged me to read it, and finally i took her advice and i am thrilled that i did.The characters and events are linked together in such a way that lulls the reader into the story, with such accurate descriptionws you feel as if you are actually in the story. The second i picked up this book, i was hooked and spent the entire day doing nothing, but sitting on the couch reading until i finished it.Some people have been complaining about Eragon being too closely related to lord of the rings, but i think these people are sorely mistaken. Yes, Eragon does have elves being tall and majestic and wise/powerful, and dwarfs being short and stout adn digging holes just like Lord Of the Rings, btu do you really think tolkein made up all of those things himself? No, im sure that Tolkein got influences for his book from other books written before him, so why are people assuming that eragon just copies from lord of the rings.
Here's a few examples of remarks made that i want to set straight
1. Eragon has nothing to do with Aragon, so forget that. If you replace the "E" in Eragon with a "D" you will spell Dragon. Very smart and creative.
2. Just because Arya and Arwen are elves and have dark colored hair does not make Arya a copy-cat of Arwen. It's like writing a book where the heroine's a blong girl who's smart, and having people say that you must be copying from Legally Blond. One word- REDICULOUS!!!!!!
3. za-rac and Urgals have nothing to do with the uruk-hai and black riders, they're very original and i don't see why people are comparing them.
4. I also don't understand why people are saying that Paolini copied from Mccaphrey. The animal connection theme has been done in hundreds/thousands of books since the beginning of time, and just because he chose a dragon to connect with the person doesn't mean he's copying. Also he's not copying when he says that dragons were identified by color. OMG how dare they be identified by color like everything else in life, red phone or blue phone, black cat or white cat, e.t.c. ( duh people).
5. My last comment is that just because the names of places are similar doesn't mean he's copying, he simply used names that were similar. There are so many names in the world that similarities dohappen, i don't see how we can penalize him for this.
Chris Paolini did an amzing thing when he wrote this book, by introducing the world to a new series of fantasy. I am sorry that other people seem to be afraid of his potential as a writer and must degrade him by saying that he copied his whole book from other well-known works of writing. Why is it that when someone with amazing potential comes forth, people are always so determined to put them down? I don't know but i do know that this is one of the best books that i have ever read, and i would recommend it to anyone who loves fantasy and adventure. FANTASTIC JOB CHRIS PAOLINI.....I look forward to your next book.
Book Review: ERAGON
Summary: 5 Stars
ERAGON
BY:CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI
P3/R4
CHU CHU MAN
3/19/07
When Eragan a 15 year old farmer finds a well polished stone in the forest, he thinks that this is a lucky discovery of a poor farm boy: perhaps it will buy his family meat for the harsh and cold winter. But once the stone brings a dragon named Saphira his life is all turned around.
Overnight one day his uncle Garrow was killed by the Ra'zac, and he sets out with the help of a old storyteller named Brom to hopefully find and destroy the Ra'zac. Together they adventure into cities gathering information about the Ra'zac. They eventually find the Ra'zac in the city called Dras-Leona. But instead of chasing them they find themselves outnumbered and is forced to run away. After they reach the outskirts of the city they find themselves caught and tied up by the Ra'zac. Before the Ra'zac was about to kill the two adventures a mysterious stranger rescues them. In a last effort to kill Eragon the Ra'zac throw a spear at him, but Brom took the blow and died the next day.
Now Eragon travels with his new companion Murtagh to the town of Gil'lead and get themselves captured by the mighty urgals. In prison Eragon finds an elf named Arya. He helps break her out a jail and regroups with Murtagh, but at the end he comes face to face with a shade named Durza.Together they kill him for now.
They adventure past the Hadrac desert and finally come up to the great Beor Mountains. They find a city underground and find out that this was part of the Varden, a group of rebels fighting against the empire.
At the end the leader named Ajihad finds out that the empire has put a full scale attack on the city. Everyone gets ready as the sound of tumbling feet approaches the city entrance tunnels. Then the carnage starts going up and soon Eragon finds him face to face with Durza again. This time Eragon had no help and was forced to use his best skills in swordsmanship. Everything changed once Saphira distracted Durza. Eragon lunged toward him and stabbed him the heart. Once this happen the whole entire Urgal army retreats and the battle is over.
This book is a really good book and I recommend this book for people who like magic, dragons, and adventures from grades 5th to 8th. It will give you a thrilling excitement to experience and read. (Please notice that this book contains lots violence in the end; please advise this book may not be suitable for children in ages 2-7.)
Book Review: Inspirational and Creative
Summary: 5 Stars
A few years ago, when I was eleven, I had begun to write my own book. It was short and sweet, and pretty good for an eleven year old. Even though I haven't tried to publish it(Because it's still in the editing process), I am still proud of my work. For those who are so critical of writers who seem to have work that looks a lot like each other clearly don't look closely at the true styles behind the author's work or don't realize how hard it is to develope and work on a story. To work on a story you must have the dedication, the talent, the hard working mind and room for improvement. Seeing as this is Mr. Paolini's first book, I aplaud his effort. I am only fourteen myself and I am already passionatly working towards the high up goal being held as a good and solid author. And ERAGON is a good place for Mr. Paolini to start his career and start on the road of improvement. The story is of a boy and his dragon and the adventures he goes on and the challenges he faces. He has a mysterius past and a very vague future which keeps the reader hooked. I personally like those types of stories. It may seem like a typical fantasy, but all fantasies have a general guidline anyway. He has started his way up the ladder of great writers and authors alike and I admire him. For me, Paolini is what I hope to be in a few more years, a writer that is well known in many places. When I first read the About the Author page I said "Wow, he wasn't much older than I was I when I started writing my book. That inspired me and made me continnue my long dream of becoming a writer. And if you don't believe me, try writing a two hundred page fanstasy novel right now and see how hard it is. Fanstasy takes plenty of dedication, if not more than most books do. So, go read the book, then comment on it. Use the phrase "assume" to catch my drift, if you haven't read it and are making preconceived obnoxious commentary. Writing isn't easy, and this is an amazing effort.
Ok, more on the story, Eragon is not like the other fantasy characters who have everyone on their side, and have a "good" and "evil" face off. Not here. This book is the way the real world works, when you can't always tell when someone you love may betray or die on you at any moment. Or when you may be faced with mental, physical, and soul deep conflicts all at once. That's Eragon, and it's only the start, the book only starts to get harsh on Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, because of many deep scars, that aren't just his alone. Soon his next task is... (Please read the book).
This book is a great book for Redwall, LOTR, HARRY POTTER and all fantasy fans all over the world. If you have a good repsect for fantasy and love those kinds of books then read this. ERAGON has received the baton of fantasy writers from the best of the best. He is now running to the finsh and to an excellent career. TWO THUMBS UP!!
Book Review: Eragon's Cool Review
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was one of the best I've ever read, but it was very long. I really like Eragon because it was challenging. I liked the plot twists, because they were foreshadowed, but they weren't given away. I actually didn't know what would happen, unlike with most books. I thought that it was an excellent read, but not meant for people who can put a book down for long periods of time.The beginning is about a teenage boy named Eragon, who lives with his uncle and cousin. He doesn't know who his parents are, and he has always wondered. One day, when he was hunting in the Spine, which are enchanted mountains that most are afraid of, he heard a loud bang. In the middle of a clearing, he saw a large blue stone with purple veins of a different type of stone. He didn't catch anything that day, so he brought the stone home to see if he could sell it. He showed it to the town storyteller, Brom, to see if he could tell how much it was worth. Brom got a strange look on his face, and the boy wondered why.
A few nights later, he heard a tapping. He got out his bow and walked around, but he realized that the noise was coming from the stone. The stone broke open, and a baby dragon came out. She marked Eragon with the gedwey ignasia, or the shining palm, when he touched her. This showed that he could do magic. He named the baby Saphira. This dragon birth led to a chain of events that changed Eragon completely. His uncle was murdered by the Raz'ac, an evil group of flying demons sent by the king, Galbotorix. Eragon became a dragon rider because of the gedwey ignasia, also. The dragon riders had been extinct for years, because no eggs would hatch for Galbotorix. Dragons choose whom they hatch for, and since Galbotorix was evil, they wouldn't come out of their shells for him. Brom and Eragon went on a wild ride, and where soon joined by Murtagh, the son of Morzan, an evil man. Murtagh was not evil, though, he was kind. Their ride continued on, and they realized that they were being followed by Urgals, who were giant beasts that made up Galbotorix's army.
They fled to the Varden, where they could be safe. The Varden were people who lived underground and were very much against Galbotorix. Eragon had been practicing magic a lot, and he had become one of the strongest magicians. A war broke out between the Urgals and Varden, because Galbotorix wanted Saphira for himself. Eragon helped the Varden, but was mortally wounded. What will happen next? You'll have to read Eragon to find out.
I think that you should read this book because the author wrote it so that it appeals to everyone. Whether you like fantasy or not, this book has something for you. If you like to study languages, this book has many languages of its own. If you like history, the Christopher Paolini created a history for this book. There is also a sequal, so you can read on.