Eragon fans

[sevenhundredandthirteen]

Alla wrote: 
> Thanks! I loved this book [Eragon]. I thought it was very fast 
paced and very 
> well written. I think this boy has a lot of talent. The book was 
> published when he was what 18? I think he started writing it at 15.


I didn't like it. I didn't find anything knew in it which I hadn't 
already read or seen in 5 other novels or films. 

I also thought the quality of writing was poor. Whilst reading it I 
really felt that this was written by a teenage boy who hadn't read 
very widely. I really thought it was like reading a bad quality 
fanfiction or  student homework assignment. Of course, the very fact 
that Paolini managed to write an entire novel whislt still a teen is 
still to be congratulated, it's just that I didn't think the content 
anything special. 

I thought the narrative itself spent too much time travelling and 
between action, rather than in conflict. I thought then tension 
meant to be established between the super evil guy (sorry, don't 
remeber his name) and Eragon was weak (it was one of those cases 
where we were just told that super-evil-guy is super evil, rather 
than seeing it in action, or understanbding why he was super-evil). 

I thought the romance was weaker still, but very typical of what a 
teenage boy would consider good romance to be. That is, I thought 
any developing romance wasn't based on people connecting with each 
other emotionally, but just on teen hormones and the fact that 
Eragon hasn't seen many other girls in his life.

I also thought the book was too episodic. That is, a lot of the 
themese Paolini introduced didn't come to crisis and resolution- he 
seems to be 'saving them' for later books. Also, Eragon didn't reach 
any real triumph at the end of the book, and it climaxed too 
quickly. One sentence the people were at war, a few sentences later 
it had all eclipsed.

As for the Star Wars derivations that seanmulligan2000 wrote about-
 
Luke live with his uncle because his parents aren't there (but are 
they dead?), his family and house are destroyed by minions of the 
evil guy searching for droids which Luke just happens to have. Luke 
then takes the droids away from town to help the alliance, after 
meeting his mentor, Obi-Wan, who, alng the journey, teaches him how 
to use a light-saber and talks to him about the spiritual side of 
the force.

Eragon- Eragon lives with his uncle beause his parents aren't there 
(but are they dead?), his family and house are destroyed by minions 
of the evil guy searching for a dragon which Eragon just happens to 
have. Eragon then takes the dragon away from town to help the 
alliance, after meeting his mentor, (sorry, can't remember his 
name), who, along the journey, teaches him how to use a sword and 
talks to him about the spiritual side of dragons.

~<(Queen Laura)>~