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Moved to proper forum and merged with older, already existing thread on the same topic.
It took me a while to get into Eragon, and when I was just getting into the story, the book ended. But then I suppose I'm rather spoilt when it comes to stories. Still, Eragon was an okay read, if not somewhat unimaginative at times. But hey, it's a lot better than anything I could have written at the age of 19, let alone get published. And this is the first book that managed to trick me. Usually I never read a book of which the sequels haven't been published yet. I dislike reading one book and then waiting another two years to read the next one, when I probably don't remember by then just what was in the first book. Eragon fiendishly hit the fact it had a sequel until the last page. How I cursed. But I still think I will buy Eldest too, when it comes out in paperback and translation.
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I am the same way. I hate reading a book if I know that I have to wait for the next one. The Stress of it all kills!
I personally agree with a few of the others. CP wrote a good book and he was not much older than myself,, but he did make himself seem slightly pompous with his choice of vocab. and the length of the book. (What teenager has the time to write something that long? I barely have the time to do my reports, much less write a book! ) But, I still enjoyed it and and waiting for it all to come to a close.
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I heard he self-published the book, and then his parents promoted it at a number of different libraries, then a publisher picked it up.
I don't know if that's true or not. However I did skim some of the book and I don't think I can read such... prose. It's as though every high fantasy cliche was distilled, and its putrid essence was used to soak every page of the book. Throw in a little ripping off of Tolkien and you have yourself a book. That's the impression I got from the two pages I read before I had to bleach my eyeballs anyway.
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04-22-2006, 02:57 PM | #24 |
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I personally loved the book, but what everyone has said is true....he did kind of copy many great books, but his twist on their story lines is what made the book great...
I most appreciate the fact that Eragon didnt start out skilled at anything but the peasant/naive lifestyle and became something great...thats not very much copied from Tolkien or any other fantasy series i've read...magic was renewed in his world, it wasnt always there like in Frodo's... |
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chris wrote a very good book. one thing that i personally liked was that eragon gained everything. whenever i read a book, i always want the main character to be awesome, and he is. the best human swordsmen, ok, but elves can beat him. oh, look, he has elf powers. amazing! stuff like that...great...
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Yeah, in six months he became UBER DUDE from simple weak farm boy who has only ever held a sycthe. Then in his elfy training, he just cant cut it and it is nearing the end of the book. Then, Oh! Look at this magnificent plot hole. Bring out a pair of naked tattooed elf chicks who have a dragon imprisoned in thier skin nad have it elf-ify him.
Now, as not to spoil it for maybe those that have not read it.
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Giant plot holes to give the main character uber powers bug me. I want to read about a struggle, not a suped-up hero beating a criminally stupid villain.
Is the villain in Eragon dumber than a box of rocks, or does he have a couple brain cells to rub together. A good litmus test is if the villain says stuff like, "No, this cannot be. I am invincible!" Quote:
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Wait, are we talking about Eragon or Eldest? It is a little bit of both (mostly Eragon) in this thread. I've read both and I think that they are good books...
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I think Eldest stinks, it barely is useful for moveing on the plot. And elvish resoning is nuts.
The rest is a bit of a spoiler...
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No offence? Eldest is a pretty good book, this is not my thought but some think roren next... What do you expect? Murtagh and Eragon have the same Father...
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Another thing that's bugging me that oughta be put in spoiler tags, so I will.
So that's it. One thing I'm shure is going to happen in the third one is Eragon
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So, how (the last spoiler) is that going to happen? They, (elfs and Brom, general teachers of Eragon) say it cannot happen.
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That's just why! They're setting it up so when he does it it'll be realy big as a plot point! (And they made shuch a point of it that if it doesn't come into play at all during the story...)
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I'm not sure... Eragon should kill whats-his-name the king. The one who has Murtagh under his control. If Eragon does bring Murtagh back to life, wouldn't Murtagh still be under the kings control?
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