Eragon: Book One - Christopher Paolini Reviews

As soon as I picked up this book for the first time and read the first few pages I cursed to myself, knowing full well that I was going to have my nose stuck into it so much that I was not going to have time for any other things that needed to be done. And I was not wrong. Christopher Paolini seems just to touch pen to paper ...  Read the complete review

To those who have read Eragon, expertly written by Christopher Paolini, it certainly is a book that takes a while to forget about. I found after reading it I'd imagine the next phase in the story, think about the characters, laugh at funny incidences from the book (earning rather worried looks from the people around me), and generally ...  Read the complete review

Eragon is the tale of a young boy who becomes the latest in a long line of dragon riders. He is the only free dragon rider in the kingdom and it is his destiny to otherthrow the evil king Galbatorix. Eragon is a wonderful novel full of memorable charecters and a beautiflly crafted world every time you reach the end of one novel you want ...  Read the complete review

This fantasy book by Christopher Paolini is sure to be a hit among kids that love to get lost in magical worlds. The story is about a young man named Eragon finds a mysterious stone in the forests where he has grown up. to his surprise the Stone turns out to be a Dragon egg, you follow the story of this young man and his ...  Read the complete review

I had never heard of this book until it was given to me as a present. It was bought for me because of my love of dragons and from the moment I started reading, I found it to be a real page-turner. Eragon is the first of three books in the series that are currently out - I'm eagerly waiting for the fourth to be published. The ...  Read the complete review

The fantasy genre is one that is in all too much danger of becoming tired and worn out. There are few truly superb writers out there, and fewer still original story lines. The strength of Eragon is that it takes a number of common fantasy elements and manages to wind them together into something greater than the sum of its ...  Read the complete review

This book, started by the author when he was just fifteen, has recieved excellent reviews everywhere and even had a film made. The story and plot are fantastic and good description is used throughout the book. Yet, I never got hooked onto it. It was just so long winded and nothing happened at all for ages. Sometimes, there'd be a whole ...  Read the complete review

This book is a prime example of how a new author should start their career. It is impressive in many ways, the fact that Paolini was only 15 when he wrote this makes it more so. In fact if an older author used the same idea it probably wouldn't be nearly as good. As plots go it's fairly standard for the genre, young main ...  Read the complete review

I was bought the book set of both Eragon and Eldest one christmas due to my love of dragons and fantasy stories. And this one definately did not disappoint. Eragon has grown up with his uncle and aunt as one of their own, he knows little about his mother and nothing at all about his father. As a 15 year old boy he is on the ...  Read the complete review

Christopher Paolini started the inheritance cycle of books with Eragon a few years ago. They are a series of books about Dragon Riders, and a young farm boy named Eragon, who discovers a dragon egg in the wilderness. Once Eragons's egg has hatched, a sparkling blue dragon named Saphira is hatched. Eragon must grow Saphira in ...  Read the complete review

Eragon is a story of a young teenage boy about to become a man. He ventures into a deep mountain range called 'The Spine', hunting deer for his family. But instead he finds a sapphire stone. He takes the stone home hoping to buy the food. He soon finds out that it is not a stone at all... it is a dragon egg. He embarks upon a suspense ...  Read the complete review

After reading the Harry Potter series, one of my friends who also liked them recommended this book. There are a lot of similar elements between Harry Potter and Eragon. Both are fantasy stories, both are about the people involved, and both involve mythical creatures, specifically dragons! Based on that basis I decided to try this ...  Read the complete review

I hadn't heard of this book until the film came out and having enjoyed the film I thought I would give it a try. This book is brilliant and the film is now quite disappointing as there is so much in the book hat it has missed out. Eragon is a young boy living with his uncle and cousin on their farm, one day whilst he is ...  Read the complete review

Eragon is about a boy who discovered a sapphire stone when he was hunting deers in a mountain range called 'The Spine'. He decided to take the stone back to his village to sell because he lost his prey. He tried to exchange the stone for some meat at the butcher but the butcher did not accept it. The stone hatched one day at night into a ...  Read the complete review

Eragon is the first book that young American author Christopher Paolini, in my opinion it is aimed at a teenagers, although it can be widely enjoyed by everyone. The book was hugely successful and was turned into a somewhat mediocre film. The book is set in the land of Alagaësia, which is under the evil rule of traitor ...  Read the complete review

All day today I have been thinking of how to write such a review, the reason being is the fact that this book has lots of compact stuff in it but it is also a hard one to get through due to the fact that it is very slow... My problem was the fact that I thought, when I got almost half-way, that watching the movie might make me want ...  Read the complete review

Ok, well I bought the boxset of Eragon and the second book, Eldest, about a year ago in a cheap bookstore for about £5 and it has been sat in random places around my room ever since. I have been reluctant to read it and yet very intrigued. All the people who have read Eragon seem to fall into two categories; those who believe it to be ...  Read the complete review

When I first looked at Eragon, upon seeing the image on a dragon on the front cover, I assumed it would be another mythical story with dragons, elves and supernatural creatures which would not open any new doors in story writing but I was proved totally and utterly wrong. The saying "don't judge a book by its cover is ...  Read the complete review

Eragon is a book that I have read many many times, the reason for this is that I think it is brilliant. The story is about a young farmer boy who in a hunting trip discovers a magical dragon egg. At first Eragon is confused, he has no idea what this beautiful blue polished stone is, but soon it hatches and he grows up to be a legendary ...  Read the complete review