Eragon: Book One (The Inheritance Cycle, 1)

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Two or three years ago, everywhere I went there was some display attempting to sell me Eragon, by Christopher Paolini.

Stunning drawings, amazing printing quality, and incredible ideas make this series a must for anyone who loves dragons and art! Far too often, ridiculously overused or clichéd similes and metaphors are used, such as tears being described as "liquid diamonds. The Limited Edition has the same art by John Jude Palencar with an added gold outline, “LIMITED EDITION” on the spine and a gold sticker on the front of the dust jacket. I also wrote a book when I was 16 (much like Paolini) and the quality was pretty much the same as Eragon, that is to say, awful.When I was fourteen, I admired Christopher Paolini out of jealously: publishing a book at the age fifteen, and having it hit the New York Times Bestseller list? But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

He makes another romantic attempt on Arya, but she gently rejects him, and leaves to rejoin the Varden. Someone imitated parts and made up others and fit a magical story into pages for the rest of the world to read. Then we meet a Shade which is kind of just like a magical being but this one is not someone you want to mess with. Eragon, a farm boy, stumbles upon a suspicious blue stone while hunting in the Spine (an area that few would go to even in the best of times).But in retrospect (and nearly vomiting as I attempted to get through a chapter of Eldest, which I failed at miserably), I realized that I had no reason to envy Paolini at all. Paolini hasn't been able to break away from the world of Alagaesia; like JK Rowling, who too has fallen from many a fan's graces and continues to Tweet her way into obscurity, Paolini doesn't seem to have any stories left to tell. million copy first printings and Inheritance, the fourth and final book in the cycle, achieved the highest first-day sale in 2011 of any fiction or nonfiction adult or children’s title published in the U. I won't be surprised if he dies in the next book, or becomes Eragon's henchman after he realises how "awesome and cool" Eragon really is.

There is nothing new or interesting here for anyone who has read fantasy before--it's just a rehash of old cliches. However, both are crippled, and so cannot fight Galbatorix directly, choosing to pass on their knowledge.Reviews pointed out the similarities between Eldest and other works such as The Lord of the Rings, [7] while praising the themes of the book, such as friendship and honor.