Book reviews: Eragon, by Christopher Paolini 12 Articles

by Simon Wright

Reading other reviews of Eragon, it is clear that this is a book that has generated a mixed reaction. Before going on to offer my two tuppence worth, it's worth mentioning that Christopher Paolini was just fifteen when he ...read more

by Charles Edge

Christopher Paolini wastes no time in lunging into the action and hence I shall do the same. Eragon is yet another book which follows the set template for a fantasy novel. An ordinary village boy is hurled into the midst o...read more

by Clayton Duncan

Book Review of Eragon by Christopher Paolini Introduction: Eragon was just quiet young man until one day while hunting he discovered a big blue jewel in the middle of the forest. Little did he know that later that ni...read more

by Rena Sherwood

I give every book fifty pages, sometimes sixty. But if I'm not hooked by the end of those sixty or sixty pages, it's time to toss the current book and try another. Life is too short to waste your time on lousy books. ...read more

by Jutin Khanna

I have constantly heard and read criticisms of Paolini's simplistic cookie-cutter fantasy and its static characters. As the winner of 10 different awards, Eragon is often expected to be a phenomenally crafted work of sophi...read more

by crysania

I for one enjoyed this book as well as the second book Eldest. I am not going to give away too much of the plot.You will find things reminiscent to other books like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings in this book,but you tell...read more

by nennifer

For the Eragon book I have to say that it is my favorite book of all! It starts off a little slow but right after eragon gets out of the Spine and has the quarrel with Sloan the butcher it just goes uphill. The fact the ...read more

by Owen Lynch

i enjoyed this book immensely.Saphira:Book One Of the Inheritance trilogy.The film did not do the book justice at all. The book begins with a farm boy who is hunting in the mountains and in his travels he comes across a m...read more

by Joana Rodriguez

Now where to begin? Eragon holds much promise in a time where the stories told of dragons still depicts them as monsters and authors still tend to treat them as mindless beasts, with a few notable exceptions. However I mus...read more

by Sandy Schaan

Another of the many new fantasy series that seem to be more and more popular, Eragon still has a way of keeping it's own pace. Filled with action and many surprising turns, author Christopher Paolini paints a new picture ...read more

by Theresa Mchatton

Everyone makes mistakes, especially characters in literature. The character usually learns from their mistake. Eragon, the main character from Eragon by Christopher Paolini, makes many mistakes on his journey to becoming...read more

by Gabrielle Lissauer

The end of a book is the most important part of it. What should have happened by the end of Eldest is that the characters grew and changed to prepare them for the challenges of the third book. They should have an understa...read more