Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

2 reviews

angelnati's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia

kait_sixcrowsbooks's review

challenging slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

So I actually read this first when I was younger, maybe when I was 10 or 11? And I thought it was really cool, I loved the dragons and the magic and everything. I decided to re-read it, and then read the rest of the series sometime this year, and uh. It definitely did not hold up at all, lol.

Simply put, the book is bad. Like, really bad. The writing is tedious, the characters and their interactions with one another are flat, and the story dragged for forever. The "climax" was a blur of a battle scene, and that was it. I didn't care for any of the characters, even when the author was trying so hard to make the reader sympathize with them.

And my goodness, the use of the traditional fantasy tropes was....annoying....to say the least.

Here is the full review on my blog!

https://sixcrowsbooks.wordpress.com/2021/01/22/review-77-eragon-by-christopher-paolini-the-inheritance-cycle-1/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Fatphobia, Grief, Rape, Torture, and Vomit

The rape is (inferred) attempted rape. Also warnings for: massacre/mass murder (described); imprisonment (described); and beheading (described).