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Eldest Author: 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 Ellesm?ra, land of the elves, for further training in magic and swordsmanship, the vital skills of the Dragon Rider. It... more »
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I'll admit it: I'm a glutton for punishment. I trudged through Eragon and found it mediocre at best. And yet I still gave Eldest a try. I was left with the same unimpressive results.
Once again, I found the sory predictable, simple, and cliche. I will grant Paolini some improvement in his writing style (not sure I want to use the word 'maturity') but as a whole it was somewhat better. The characters are still only semi-developed, and once again I found myself not really caring about what happened to any of them.
I don't want to say that the story is completely without merit... there is a semi-surprising twist at the end and on a very basic level I did find myself a little curious as to what would happen next. As with Eragon, as long as you aren't expecting great, ground-breaking fantasy literature, then this book makes for very easy reading without making much of an impression.
Once again, I found the sory predictable, simple, and cliche. I will grant Paolini some improvement in his writing style (not sure I want to use the word 'maturity') but as a whole it was somewhat better. The characters are still only semi-developed, and once again I found myself not really caring about what happened to any of them.
I don't want to say that the story is completely without merit... there is a semi-surprising twist at the end and on a very basic level I did find myself a little curious as to what would happen next. As with Eragon, as long as you aren't expecting great, ground-breaking fantasy literature, then this book makes for very easy reading without making much of an impression.
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