Ratings1,241
Average rating3.6
I had a really good time with this book. There were definitely some slow sections however overall I really enjoyed it!
Everything only always happens to Eragon. He never goes out of his way to push the plot further. A great world that lacked depth
I enjoyed it when I was younger and attempted to go back and found myself bored with the cliches. If this is your first fantasy ever and you're in middle school, which is when I read this tome, then it'll be a good stepping stone to the magical world of 1000 page behemoth novels about sword and sorcery. If you're an adult I honestly suggest skipping it and just reading Brandon Sanderson or Bryan Weeks.
It's about dragons. Hello? Doesn't get much better than that. Another case of my favorite character dying though. I think all authors o the world are conspiring together just to destroy my emotional stability and mental sanity. And they are succeeding -__-
Me gustó mucho la historia, ame a saphira y hubo veces en que eragon me desespero por su imprudencia y su impulsividad pero es un comportamiento normal de un niño/adolescente y más contando con lo que le tocó vivir. La relación que eragon y saphira es muy interesante e íntima y me llamó la atención, también siento que el amorío entre eragon y arya esta destinado al fracaso. Los giros de argumento que tenia la historia fueron tan inesperados, destruyeron mis teorías una a una cosa que me encanto y al mismo tiempo me hizo sentir triste ya que pensaba que brom iba a volver a aparecer. Esa muerte me dolió mucho. Me dejo con ganas de seguir leyendo los demás libros.
5.5/10 - Meh
I guess YA like this just isn't for me, but this felt uninspired the whole way through. I won't be reading the next one, for now at least.
Rereading books from my childhood, and came back to Eragon to relive my love for dragons. Eldest will always be my fave, but this was a decent start to the series. Also forgot how bad Broke was. Murtagh is a cool dude, tho.
I finally read Eragon after never reading it in my youth and man was I missing out. Was the writing amazing no was the story good yes. If you want a book that's dragons no romance no spice all about the story line and characters then this is the read for you
A book I've had for ages, but never got around to reading it. A fantasy tale very similar to Lord of the Rings, but not as complicated. At least that is the impression I got from reading this book - the first in the series. I like fantasies and world-building, but prefer more easy to read books like Harry Potter. Even while the story was interesting. I had to push myself to finish the book. I had the same experience with Lord of the Rings too, but I do like the story of Eragon. It's quite interesting. I however, don't think that I'll be completing the series this time.
Book holds up well! Loved it when I was a kid and still do now when I forgot basically the entire story
This is a classic for me. Loved this book as a teenager, and I loved rereading it now. Great characters, appealing world, adventure. Definitely worth getting made fun of at your wedding for it.
Age range: 13+
It's a little long, but nothing about it is too serious for younger readers.
I can't believe how young the author was when he wrote this story. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the books in the series!
This is a reread so it was interesting to pay attention to how I felt the first time I read it and now that I am older. In the past I would have given 5 stars but now I am giving only 4. It was good to read but it is not a masterpiece. Eragon is annoying and arrogant, which I totally understand as he is still a teenager, but I do hope he'll evolve with the next books. I don't remember much about his behavior on the 2nd and 3rd book and I haven't read the 4th and 5th yet, morevoer, as this is the first book of the series there was not much character development as it was already expected.
I'm part of a server on Discord and a few of us decided to read Eragon together. Including myself there are 4 of us reading it together. This is a reread for everyone in the group except for me. This is my first time ever reading this series and I am enjoying it.
I feel like I would have liked it even more had I read it when I was younger because it is meant for a younger audience and it read that way to. I don't think I would have picked up on things as a kid reading this book like I did now. Like the fact that everything seems to come very easy for Eragon. Like learning magic and fighting with a sword and he always end up at the right place when needed. Also he seems to faint a lot but always comes out of every situation very easily.
Despite all of that though it's still an enjoyable story. I love learning about all the different characters. We have humans, elves, dwarves, dragons or other creatures and it's fun following Eragon on his journey.
I had such a fun time with this book, even with some of the repetitive sequences with the main character and his mentor I still found it fun. I very much suggest it for new and old fantasy fans alike. I'm excited in reading the next book for the cycle.
I'm the only person in the world who hasn't read this book so there is no point in talking about the plot but I'll just say that I loved this story so much. I don't see why people think it's too juvenile when it's no more juvenile than any other YA book. I went into this not knowing anything about it. I thought Eragon was the name of the dragon and I thought it was just a boy and his dragon with a human world. Didn't know it had a LOTR feel with mythical creatures! I was thinking that it's going to be good but only if I was 12, boy was I wrong.
This is one of those books that's just.... incredibly average. Nothing about it really astounds or delights in a memorable way. It's just kind of a decent story with a few moments that seem better than the book they're a part of.
So this is my fourth time reading Eragon, (Eragon, Eragon/Eldest, Eragon/Eldest/Brisingr...) this being my first time listening to the audiobook. To put it simply, Gerard Doyle is fantastic. His character voices and narration fit perfectly, and I loved the job he did. I'm actually going to continue on with Eldest now because he does them all.
I obviously fell off for some years seeing that Inheritance was released 9 years ago, but what can you do...
I'm sure there's a hundred reviews on here talking about how this all started when Paolini was fifteen so I'll just say–WOW.
He takes so many things from others (in terms of influence) and handles them all so delicately that he created this wonderful, lush, dense lore that continues to grow throughout the rest of the novels. He was like a mini-Tolkien with his languages and flushed out geographic ideas. He created the Urgals and Kull instead of just recycling the typical Orcs and Uruk-hai. I found multiple points of similarity between Martin's ‘Game of Thrones' dragons and Paolini's, and yet past those he once again branched off and created his own world and lore for them in a refreshing way. I think the training and wiseness from Brom most similarly matches the ideas of Obi-Wan and Luke Skywalker, including the necessary death of a mentor/father figure that thus propels the main character towards greatness. I suppose you could also easily argue that it is also like Gandalf/Frodo, however I think it's a harder argument to make that Frodo actually grew based off lessons from a knowledgable mentor (HE IS A HERO, JUST A DIFFERENT KIND!). Or, you could also point out Harry/Dumbledore–I'm sure we've all seen the memes about needing an old man mentor and a young hero to make a successful series–even though Dumbledore hid questionable important details from Harry, he still fulfilled that role.
I'm sure there are also countless ideas and influences that he drew from the million and one dragon rider series that exist in this world. However, I first read this book in the sixth grade, so as an eleven year old I hadn't much experience elsewhere, and afterwards this was more my basis for that kind of story than any other.
I understand that his writing style, and seemingly his incessant need to write bible length books, is not for everyone, but this has been a 5*/100% novel since the first time I read it. Now after finishing it for my fourth time I really still don't have any complaints. I love it and not just for the nostalgic feel, it's amazing.
it started out great and gradually got worse. half way through when ‘the big thing' happens it started to go downhill. i grew very tired of eragon's cringy longings constantly being mentioned. i get he's a horny teen but keep it in your pants, son. picks up again once ‘a destination is reached' but didn't keep me interested for long.
i feel like it's mostly the accent of the narrator but murtagh best boy i will finish this series for him alone, what a babe.
There is a lot of hype around this book, but I think when you take it at face value it is an okay start to a great series.
I had read it in middle school when it first became popular and remembered liking it. But Paolini took so long between books that I didn't finish past the first two because I had forgotten everything that had already happened by the time the later ones came out.
Flash forward fifteen years, after reading all of Agatha Christie's mysteries, I was looking for something different so I thought I would return to it. I am very glad I did. The story is engaging, and while I don't ordinarily enjoy books where you can read people's thoughts, I don't mind so much with this series, perhaps because the way magic is set up. I also loved getting a feel for the world, characters, and the cultures, which are thorough and complex.
My biggest gripe with the first one is that it is clearly written by an inexperienced writer. Perhaps it is fitting, because it is about a young and immature man, and it is written by one too. But I almost didn't make it through the prologue thinking I had made a bad choice. I am glad I stuck with it, though Paolini is lucky he had the connections he did to get it published in the first place. He doesn't really hit his stride until the third one, by which point I think his writing is quite good.
It felt so good to experience Eragon again!
All my dragon obsessions had started because of this series teehe
Thoroughly enjoyed it