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ehmannky's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Significantly more of it's own thing than Eragon, and the pacing and plot drastically improves from the first installment. I think the only thing that really brought down the rating was that some of the chapters on Eragon's training kind of dragged. But this is still a very fun book, Roran's and Nasuada's chapters add a lot to the story, and I love seeing how the further this series goes on, the more it stands on its own. Also, Saphira is still my favorite dragon in all of literature ever.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and War
maybe_its_me's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: War and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Death, and Gore
guessgreenleaf's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War
Moderate: Gore, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Grief
brycestevenwilley's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Solid sequel. Lags on at times though. It is all necessary (mostly; some parts are kinda wikipedia like, or normal world religious talk), but it was kinda slow.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail
localogophile's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Please note: I took a break partway through this book because I'd gotten acutely bored (and coursework got overwhelming).
The characters are compelling, and Paolini's revelation as to why the elves (and riders) don't eat meat (unless absolutely necessary) was well-written, portraying Eragon's internal dilemma up to the realization. While Eragon's training (which was about 1/3 of the book, I think...) was well thought-through, it was a little dull at times, focusing on explaing the mechanisms of magic and histories.
The characters are compelling, and Paolini's revelation as to why the elves (and riders) don't eat meat (unless absolutely necessary) was well-written, portraying Eragon's internal dilemma up to the realization. While Eragon's training (which was about 1/3 of the book, I think...) was well thought-through, it was a little dull at times, focusing on explaing the mechanisms of magic and histories.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and War
Minor: Child abuse
authorannafaundez's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Eldest is much slower than Eragon, but it felt right. Necessary, even, after the upheaval of the first book. Eragon had some much-needed growing to do, and he got to do it. Which is a bit too convenient, but eh.
Eldest has a lot more lore. Like a lot more. I was happy to read through and be with Eragon through his (almost) book-long training montage, but many won't be so content. If you're only here for the action, you won't get much until the final few chapters.
It was interesting to see the new POV, and I'm glad it was included. It made for nice breaks in Eragon's slower, more cerebral, story.
Eldest has a lot more lore. Like a lot more. I was happy to read through and be with Eragon through his (almost) book-long training montage, but many won't be so content. If you're only here for the action, you won't get much until the final few chapters.
It was interesting to see the new POV, and I'm glad it was included. It made for nice breaks in Eragon's slower, more cerebral, story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence
Minor: War
prettylightsandcitynights's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book was much better and didn't need the nostalgia to keep me invested.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, and War
arlettep's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and War
Minor: Death of parent
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Rating: 3.5/5 stars
The sequel to ERAGON, continuing the story of Eragon and his dragon Sapphire.
I’ve been struggling to get into this series since I was a teenager and honestly the second time around has not gone much better. I enjoyed the ending of this book, but felt like it took a VERY long time to get exciting or interesting. Eragon as a character also grates on me SO much—which may mean he’s a super realistic portrayal of a teenage boy, who can say. I also felt like some of the “lessons” and takeaways from the book were a bit heavy handed, though I appreciate that the series is generally geared towards a younger audience.
That said, I enjoyed the audio production (even though the dragons’ voices do make me insane) and the logic lessons, and dragons are just always the coolest in any context. I’m determined to finish the series this time, so I’ll be starting BRISINGR soon!
CW: Violence/war/injury/death; kidnapping
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, War, and Injury/Injury detail
hales_1243's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent