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Edward Knight
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  		   Posted 5/22/2006 12:13 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I'm almost finished reading Eragon.
 
I chose to read it because it seems very popular with the kids at school. It's not a horrible book, but it isn't really good either. Without getting into the writer's style, my biggest problem with the book is a lack of originality. If I took parts from LOtR, Dragon Riders of Pern, Wheel of Time, and even a few bits from StarWars, then I would have a duplicate of Eragon. Almost every bit of it I feel I've read before in one place or another. I have yet to find an element within the story that is original. I'm all in favor of the use of old themes with new twists, but this book lacks any twists.
 
 

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  		   Posted 5/22/2006 1:29 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I bought a copy of that book several months ago based on my usual criteria: if the first page reads well or is interesting in some way to me then I may want to read it someday, so I buy it (if the price is good--I never buy any book at the original cover price). I have not yet read beyond the first chapter. It seemed cute but not a masterpiece by any means, despite its popularity. I'll come back to this thread after I've read more of it.
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  		   Posted 5/22/2006 5:21 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Wasn't a bad book, but it wasn't great. At least it didn't bore me to tears.
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I'll agree with that. I don't dislike the book. I just wish there was a bit more originality. On top of that characters keep doing things that make me say "Why?" If a chracters does something, there should be a reason behind the action. Sometimes Eragon (and others) do things that defy logic or that seem to have no purpose except to create a problem that didn't have to exist.

I didn't find a reason to stop reading the book, but it sure has made me shake my head a lot in regard to why things happen as they do. It bothers me when things happen for no reason.

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  		   Posted 5/24/2006 6:19 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Isn't the author really young? Like high school age when he wrote it? Or am I mistaking this book for another?
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  		   Posted 5/24/2006 6:22 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Frank said...
Isn't the author really young? Like high school age when he wrote it? Or am I mistaking this book for another?


I think he was 17 when it was self-published. Picked up by a bigger publisher later. He is now 21, if I correctly recall the article I read a few months ago.

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  		   Posted 6/4/2006 10:03 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Movie rights haven't just been sold. It comes out this December.

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