Book Reviews of Eragon (Inheritance, Bk 1)

It should go without saying that this book far surpasses the movie. It is a great novel by a fantastic young author. Will leave you wanting more.

Ahhh. I hate to say anything disparaging about this book now that I know a 15 year old wrote it...but I have to say that I really struggled through this one. I thought to myself several times that the book seemed to be written by a teenage fanboy or an older someone trying desperately to mimic every classic fantasy novel in the last 50 years. It is impressive that a 15 year old was able to write this hefty book...and even more admirable that he was able to capture the imaginations of so many young people who read it. I suppose that since I'm in the minority, there's something I'm just not 'getting' about it...and that's okay. I root for the authors continued success. He's an inspiration, even if his book was less so for me.

amazing and filled with love and fantasy. wonderful for the young adventurer.

I didn't finish this book--I found it very boring and was having to force myself to pick it up and read it. On the flip side, I read it for an online reading group and everyone else seemed to love it. I'm not sure what I was missing, but I don't want to torture myself anymore to find out.

I don't read a lot of this kind of fantasy , but I enjoyed it. It had all of the typical fantasy elements and likable characters.

This book has received much criticism for being too much like other works in it's genre, but isn't that true of almost anything? I don't know, like I said, I'm not really big into this sort of fantasy, so maybe to hard core Pern and LOTR's fans it doesn't measure up.

I enjoyed the story and I liked the sequel even better.

The moved sucked sweaty dragon balls, so don't even bother.

Very interesting. I love the dragon and her relationship with Eragon.

Brilliant sweeping epic fantasy. One of the best books I've read this year!

This book is, in my opinion, terribly over-rated. Don't get me wrong: it's not a bad book, but any avid reader of the fantasy/sci-fi genre will feel like they're watching an old re-run throughout the entire book. All the themes seemed tired out and over-used, and it really doesn't contribute much to the genre. Honestly, I think the success of this book can only be credited to it's similarities to Harry Potter, and thusly how it managed to ride it's coat tails to get a fan-base. It doesn't surprise me at all that the story comes from a fantasy Paolini had as a kid: I think any highly imaginative child could have come up with the same plot.

This book was fun, and, for the first novel of a very young author, impressive. However, I found it too be too heavily steeped in LOTR and Star Wars, because many of the characters and situations are similar to that kind of story and world. A bit overly epic for my tastes as well.

I found it to be a mix between the movie "Dragon Heart" and the "Lord of the Rings" series.

A very well written book for a 15-year-old author. I hope that as Christopher Paolini matures as a writer he develops his own voice. Though entertaining and a fast read, Eragon is not very original. Paolini draws heavily upon the ideas of Tolkien, Terry Goodkind and Anne McCaffrey.

I finished it, how about that? Just didn't catch my attention. The only character I liked was the Shade, and I don't even remember his name. It just seemed a little bland.

Y'know. Fire-breathing dragons, magical swords, and noble elf-girls kinda bland.

This book just goes on and on. It may be very good for how young the author was, but it is just not very original.

Not a bad read, if you don't mind going over VERY familiar territory AND if you weren't raised on Star Wars [the originals mind you] and Lord of the Rings.

Well written, good pace, just not original. And that isn't necessarily a mark against this book for the group it was aimed at, the YA. Get them hooked and then on to bigger and better things :-)

I enjoyed this book. I found it easy to see what the characters were doing and I even cried when a character died in the book. I am looking forward to read the next book. I would recommend this book to anyone who looking for a good fantasy book.

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

I started reading this book but I just could not get into it. I think I gave up after a couple of chapters in and I think that is the first time I've stopped reading a book. I'm not sure if I'll list it because I might want to go back and try it again, but we'll see.

This is a fabulously vivid book. There are so many things left out of the movie! It is a "must read"!

Actually a 24 year old man wrote this book. Exceptionally well written book. I suggest you all read it.

Pretty good book for a 15-year-old, although the characterizations are a little superficial. Entertaining overall, though.

Excellent book! Wonderful read for younger and older fantasy readers. This young writer has a long future ahead of him. It says something when a person who as a general rule doesn't read hard fantasy has become a fan of his.

A farm boy named Eragon finds a mysterious stone in the forbidden forest near his home. Assuming that it was just as it seems, a polished stone; he takes it home with him in hopes of a new future… He was right.

Shortly after, he finds out that the stone holds many adventures and will change his world forever. When the baby dragon is born, his world is turned around and he finds himself with many responsibilities, a new life, and choices that will change the world.

This book is full of adventure, magic, humor, and battles. You feel as though you're in the story, and keep you wanting more. Recommend this book for anyone who loves Dragons, fantasies, and adventure.

Absolutely fascinating world and quite believable. Yes, it is the typical young farm boy hero in over his head against the evil, tyrannical ruler, but the setting and the races are just atypical enough to be fascinating (elves more western than european for instance). Saphira (the dragon) is wonderful--a book to revisit often...this series begins here but before it ends, can easily stand tall next to Harry Potter and need not feel ashamed in the company of The Lord of the Rings or The Chronicles of Narnia.

Outstanding

Horrible, horrible, horrible! This isn't inspired by Tolkien, it's a poor regurgitation of Tolkien. I appreciate that the author was very young when he wrote this and to have written a book that young is very impressive. However, it doesn't mean it should have been PUBLISHED. Go read the "Lord of the Rings".

Simplistic adaptation of Tolkien and Rowling. Very light reading, perfect for falling asleep.

this book is softcover not hardcover.

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