What readers think of Eragon, plus links to write your own review.

WOW THAT IS THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing! ausonoshing! outstanding! remarkable! i finished eragon in 2 days, eldest in 8 hours and soon to be empire* in 7 hours. i am the biggest eragon/eldest/empire* fan! i got both my books signed!


*=proposed name

I am in 7th grade and absolutely love this book. When describing it to friends, i say it is a mix between lotr and harry potter, both stories that I enjoy. To tell you the truth, the HP series are my favorite books, and Eragon is definetly comparible!!! I personaly think it is a better and more intriguing read then J. R. R. Tolkien's books, which sometimes can droan on and on.
At my school, there is a person who owns the book Eldest. There is already a waiting list full of people who want to borrow the book from this person. Everyone I know who has read Eragon loved it. I simply don't understand how some people rated this book a 1.

I loved the book. I already finished the second book *frowns* I have to wait for the third book. It has adventure, and, I couldn't stop reading it. I read it any chance given. If you haven't ready the book you need to. I keep hearing rumors about the "EARGON" movie. Is it true?

I personally loved the book Eragon. To me it had a gripping plot with interesting and likeable characters. I understand what people mean when they say that the book has a lot of elements from other stories. If you were really looking for them, you could find some subtle similarities. I mean, they are not that obvious. I didn't even notice when I read the book. The only time I noticed was when I read the reviews. Some people are saying that it doesn't have enough detail, but I thought that there was just enough. Yes, he was only 15 when he wrote it but hey, its great for 15...I loved it. People have to stop comparing him to J.R.R. Tolkien. I respect Tolkien and love his work. No one can compare to him. Ever. The problem is that he was the first and happened to be the best. He had to come up with his own characters and world. No one can underestimate his mind power. He created some of the myths and facts that all of our fantasies are based on now. Its hard for any fantasy writer, including Paolini, to live up to him. People are too critical of anyone who is not Tolkien, especially if the are young, say 15 ?!?

I've seen reviewers say, 'fans of fantasy and science-fiction will love it!!'. Well, I am a total sci-fi/fantasy nut, but this book did not please me at all. I'll give Christoper Paolini some credit, he seems to have made a lot of people fall head over heels for his novel.

But the bottom line is, this book was terrible.

I usually finish a novel before judging it, but it was just so terrible I had to stop halfway through. The land and creatures were too LotR and the plot was too Star Wars.

Farmboy living with uncle -- Eragon/ Luke Skywalker
Coming home to find home destroyed by bad guys -- It happened in Star Wars too.
Wise Old Mentor -- Brom / Obi Wan Kenobi
Beautiful girl saved from prison -- Arya / Leia

And the list goes on. I kept expecting to see Yoda.

Great just great, I could not put it down and now I am reading it 6th time. All you from the USA you're lucky I have to wait another two days since I live in the UK. I don't know why people compare it with diffrent books. It makes no difference to me, I just think it's a great read.

Let me start off by saying that all of the criticisms saying that Eragon bears similarity to Tolkien's work are entirely true. As a huge fan of the fantasy genre i have read The Lord of the Rings several times over, and it was such a groundbreaking work that almost any fantasy novel written from that point on is going to contain similarities. That said, I do believe that Paulini borrowed from Tolkien, intentionally or otherwise, but still managed to write an excellent fantasy novel that was original and fresh enough to keep me entertained until the last page and thirsty for a sequel.
I also liked the fact that Paulini is a young writer, and I believe that we will see him hone his skills as time goes on and he continues to pump out great novels. And as far as originality goes, he will start borrowing less from other authors once he begins to find his own style. Critics may say that Paulini borrowed certain elements from Tolkien, but soon they will be saying that other authors borrowed from Paulini.
Eragon is an excellent novel that i absolutely could not wrench my nose from, even if my house was ablaze. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it will be a classic in the years to come, but it is a sturdy fantasy novel and a must read for any fans of the genre, young and old alike.

Ok, firstly, I love this book.

To the people who compare it to lotr I have to say this: It's a fantasy book! if you said that about other books you'd find lots of things that a quite like each other and just because it has things that are quite similar doesn't mean it's a copy.

It has an original story line and some great characters and I would recommend it to any of my friends.

Oh and i don't know if anyone has said this before but the Eragon/Aragorn name thing - Eragon is just Dragon with a letter changed. it has nothing to do with Aragorn.