Reviews

Eragon: Der Auftrag des Ältesten. ... by Christopher Paolini

emilyalbertelli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.75

evedelvac's review against another edition

2.25

I'm sorry this series really just isn't lving up to how I remember it. It's bad. The series that I loved growing up is actually bad. Laughably bad something. (But I'm going to keep reading because I really really really want to read book 5)

ayoung92's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

4.0

toribrake17's review against another edition

I don’t think I like quest/journey fantasies . I get bored of just being on the road the whole time. This audiobook is so long I’m just not motivated to listen to another 12 hours when I don’t care about the plot or characters at this point.  Plus the books after this one only get longer and I’m not interested in longer book if I already don’t like the pacing of this book. 

karamoore418's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

mamaoohlalaa's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.25

lifenomad2's review against another edition

4.0

To be fair honest it was a bit boring in the begining. Some stories here and there, journeys....the most interesting parts where the parts from Eragon's stories. Roran bore me a little.... But the end???? The end just blew my mind >.> It will be a while until I read the next in line but in a way I am a bit thrilled to see what will happen

fredthflyfly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

bibliophilefrombirth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense

4.25

bittersweet_symphony's review against another edition

3.0

Builds nicely upon the previous book that did well in setting up the world for the reader. However, I found that as Paolini took the reader deeper into the training of Eragon as a rider, the more he lost me as a reader. In the training he dabbles into some heavy philosophical and theological topics. He only touches them on the surface, but the results he comes to were highly disagreeable. Using Elves as his most advanced or "perfect" people, they are the voice for most of these things. The wise elf training Eragon derides the idea of faith/belief in religion and hypocritically champions the "flawlessness" of analytical reason, empiricism, etc. My friend said it best, "what else did you expect from a boy who was home schooled and never went to college?" Ignoring this, it is a fun read and has a couple major twists toward the end of the book. It is a great accomplishment and a great narrative for such a young writer.