I couldn't finish it. I liked "Eragon," although I found it verbose. It was written by a teen and it showed, but it still had sparkle and was enjoyable. It seems Paolini got a new thesarus for Christmas and used it without reserve. The story is predictable and drawn out, and by half way through I realized I didn't care at all what happened to any of the characters so why finish it? The story just doesn't move fast enough to be interesting and the writing is painful. I'll keep the book because I'm starting a collection for if and when I have kids. I can see a tween or teen getting into this series but it's just not good enough to keep me reading.

I quite enjoyed this book. I found the storyline to be interesting and exciting. I liked reading about the developing relationship between Eragon and Saphira, and very much enjoyed reading about their experiences in Ellesmera. I was really surprised by the twist at the end. I like the series and recommend it.

Very good book. Better than the first! Loved the elves home - beautiful!

Great book. You'll never guess who "eldest" is.

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Great continuing adventures of Eragon and Saphria. This book keeps you moving.

The Inheritance series is a great line of books. I really enjoyed Eldest. Wishing they would make a movie out of the rest of the books. I highly recommend all of them.

The second book in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance series, it is the best book so far. Eragon just helped the Varden defeat and kill the Shadow and is now headed toward Ellesmera the land of the elves for further training. We're also following the story of Eragon's cousin Roran as he returns to his home to find it destroyed and the "desecrators" as he calls them, that did it return to look for him for questioning about Eragon. You will NEVER guess who Eldest is!! In my opinion, there's actually two people that fit the title "Eldest". Great book! A must read!

This book does have more twists than the first. Though I did enjoy the book and basic story I was a little disappointed as to what the answers to Eragons questions. They either didn't make since or was to basic and anyone could of answered.

Overall I felt it was a decent book, and has convinced me to read the third.

Excellent book. Paolini is a great author and can really bring the world he created to life.

Continuation of a good story. Could have moved along a litte faster.

It was definately hard at first to get into reading this book. Sometimes it got so boring that I couldn't go on. I often had to reread chapters because I would put the book down, and then 5 months later pick it up again. I was convinced I would finish it. And I'm glad I did. It turned out to be a pretty good book if you do not mind the middle section in which nothing happens.

This book continues where Eragon left off. I really enjoyed the book.

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.

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