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Eragon
Because SC was...

Because SC was so amazed by Inheritance I decided to start Eragon. The beginning was utterly boring, but I kept reading it because I thought it might get better. I thought the part when he finds out that he's a Dragonrider and so on was okay. Then it became boring again. I can't stand the way he writes... It's so... Eragon felt tired using his powers but he still thought it was fun. Totally perfect. Well, not perfect; I don't know the right word. The translation could just be bad... 

 Anyway, what do you think of Eragon? 

submitted by Elizabeth M. , age 12, Germany
(December 22, 2011 - 9:57 am)

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Believe me, Eragon and all the books that followed it were best read at breakneck speed at one in the morning on your iPad under your covers without your mom and dad knowing. I highly suggest it.

submitted by SC, age gone
(December 22, 2011 - 6:04 pm)

That sounds like the perfect idea, because my mom doesn't exactly want me to finish Inheritance, but the only problem is... I don't have an iPad.

submitted by Emmaline
(December 31, 2011 - 4:16 pm)

I liked Eragon. It wasn't the best book in the world, but it was pretty good. Eldest, however, was completely awful. It was SO BORING. I read a few chapters, but I just couldn't get any farther. It seemed like it was just, "Oh there's all this blood how sad and there's some empress girl or something-or-other and OMG she's so pretty and I'm talking to people about stuff and I'm awesome" and so on. So basically, I didn't like it. At all.

submitted by Alexandra, age XIII (13), Never Land
(December 22, 2011 - 6:04 pm)

Top!

submitted by Elizabeth M., age 12, Germany
(December 27, 2011 - 2:20 am)

I skimmed it and hated it.

submitted by Invisible
(January 1, 2012 - 10:10 pm)

Christopher Paolini's writing style is not one that I love. He puts everything that could easily fit into one sentence into several pages. Overelaboration. Yes, several of the characters have some... moral difficulties. The fact that they don't recognize it makes it a bit worse.

Eragon has its flaws. I love it anyway.

If you though Eragon was bad, read "Tiger's Curse". Talk about overelaboration.

submitted by SC, age gone
(January 3, 2012 - 8:46 pm)

Are you kidding? I thought the four whole books could fit into only two. His style is too... florid, the word is. Annoying after a while.

submitted by Piper C., age 12, Eastwood (invented)
(January 3, 2012 - 10:14 pm)

That's the word, exactly what I thought. Florid. 

submitted by Elizabeth M., age 12, Germany
(January 4, 2012 - 3:49 am)

Purple prose. Blech. Sometimes less really is more.

submitted by TNÖ, age 18, Deep Space
(January 4, 2012 - 2:00 pm)

I think I liked the first book the best because afterwards, Roran started narrating, and basically, I think it would have been a lot better (and shorter, since we're talking about his overdone style of writing) if he left out Roran's narration and stuck with Eragon being central. I mean, come on, Roran's not even that important.

submitted by Piper C., age 12
(January 5, 2012 - 5:48 pm)