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barbarianmissy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I’m glad I finally finished this book after my dog ate it before I finished it well over a decade ago. I had forgotten a lot of the plot and it’s a really cool world!
It’s crazy that the author wrote it when he was only fifteen. That’s unreal to me that at that age he was able to create such an interesting world full of culture, magic and unique characters. Mind = Blown!
I really did enjoy it, but a few flaws were that the journey was LONG. The majority of this book is just Eragon travelling throughout the continent. My favourite bits were the beginning and the end because we were actually in a place long enough to meet characters with enough backstory to form attachments to them and for the story to actually grow and have a cool plotline.
As for the characters, Eragon is a dramatic lil guy and I love that for him. He is very much just a friggin teenager, who had A LOT of responsibilities just fall onto him and he’s just trying to figure out wtf he’s supposed to do about it. Alas, everyone around him is so damned CRYPTIC.
Brom was a cool old dude but he BUGGED me with all of his secret keeping. If Eragon had known more about his past, Brom could’ve given him way more information that he actually needed to succeed instead of all this cryptic shit. Like his secret wasn’t too crazy for me and I felt like Eragon was a smidge stupid for not seeing it sooner, but he’s just a lil moody emo teen who couldn’t connect the dots cause he’s too busy feeling his feels.
Arya, I liked her towards the ending as she became an ultra badass, but if the author called her slender and petite and found another way to say she was super beautiful ONE MORE TIME without her ever even being CONSCIOUS for half the book, I was gonna scream. Could really see the fact that this was written by a teenage boy when it came to her character for the first bit. REALLY Happy that she didn’t just end up being a damsel in distress the whole time.
Two characters that were pretty awesome to me were Murtagh, gotta love a cool dude with dark and stormy backstory, and Saphira, the queen that you are! God save the QUEEN of dragons, the lady of the skies, the dream sapphire-scaled girlie who will rip a man in two! ICON ALERT 🚨
Overall, I had fun! I’m excited to read book two and also rewatch the terrible Eragon movie and get mad at it! WHOOP WHOOP!
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
rainy_8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Grief
Minor: Confinement, Gore, Sexism, Abandonment, and War
mayahnrobinson's review against another edition
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
authorannafaundez's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Eragon shaped so much of my love of fantasy books and, later, my own writing.
The main characters learn and grow; they have flaws. And the book has real stakes.
My one complaint is that Arya's character is kinda flat, but she did spend most of the book unconscious, so I'll give her a pass for now.
Graphic: War
Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Slavery, Blood, Trafficking, Abandonment, and Alcohol
boglord's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Confinement, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Alcohol
add_a_little_spook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Slavery
theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, and War
everesto's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide and Grief
Minor: Slavery and Alcohol
queen_cocolatis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and War
dundiesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Eines der wenigen Bücher (zu denen auch Eragon 3 gehört), die mich mit einer dramatischen, emotionalen Szene zum Weinen gebracht hat. Für mich der Beweis dafür, dass Paolini es schafft, mich vollends in seine Welt hineinzuziehen.
Moderate: Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Rape, Torture, and Blood