Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

24 reviews

boglord's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Ableism

Minor: Alcohol, Abandonment, Confinement, and Misogyny

nesquik05's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Torture

ruwa's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

A bit disappointed about the number of illustrations (with just 2 double pages illustrations and a lot of sketches in black and white) but a high-quality book with a nice shiny paper and a sewn binding.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Grief

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Body horror, Grief, Gore, and Alcohol

Minor: War, Slavery, Cursing, Confinement, Trafficking, Torture, Child abuse, Murder, Medical content, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Domestic abuse

sharktwoth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Torture, and War

Minor: Alcohol

henrib11's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, War, Torture, Physical abuse, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Death, Abandonment, Slavery, Murder, Confinement, Alcohol, Mental illness, Grief, Child death, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

iari1405's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Grief

everesto's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Genocide and Grief

Minor: Slavery and Alcohol

queen_cocolatis's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful relaxing sad tense slow-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Minor: Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Torture, Vomit, and War

redhairedashreads's review against another edition

4.0

 

4 stars - It was really good

It has been twelve years since I last read this series and it was one that I read a lot as a teenager. This was one of the first series that I remember being excited for the new releases and getting them on/near release day because I needed to know what would happen next in the series. Well twelve years later and a woman in her 30s, I still enjoyed this book. 

Eragon is a 15 year old farm boy who finds a dragon egg and has his life changed overnight. He finds himself hunting his uncle's killers, being hunted by the king, learning magic and sword fighting, and being thrown into the thick of many groups fighting to control him. A lot happens in this first book and while there are some slow parts I was still pretty hooked to the story. 

While Eragon is only a 15/16 year old boy in this book, we do see a lot of character growth but he still makes mistakes. We still see him have teenage outbursts and his emotions get the better of him, which I think is good because he is a teenager and it would be weird if he wasn’t having any outbursts or issues. 

My only issue with this wasn’t with the book itself, it was with the narrator of the audiobook. He made Saphira sound like a raspy yoda and it just isn’t what I was expecting for a female dragon. It made me laugh the first time she “spoke” and I just never got over how wrong her voice sounded. 

Overall, I really enjoyed returning to this series. I have forgotten a lot of Eragon and Saphira’s story and I can’t wait to reread the rest of the series and see what happens next. 

CW: death of a family member; grief; death of a friend; kidnapping, imprisonment, and torture; war and death; 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Grief, Kidnapping, and Death