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Eragon by Christopher Paolini

4 reviews

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

jess_tries2read's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Eragon is a fun story set in a high-fantasy setting. If you like The Lord of the Rings, chances are you'd find this entertaining. People say it can be derivative--fine--but there was thought and care put into building a unique magic system and a super scary and interesting villain. Even if everything isn't perfect, the reader is really motivated to see what happens to the characters. The world is set up perfectly such that Eragon's potential is boundless, and that is really cool.

My complaints with the book come from the lack of character building with Eragon. He never really faces any choices in the book that affirm who he is. He isn't really tempted much to stray from the path other characters lay out for him. He is distraught by sad things, but just pulls himself up and carries on to the best of his abilities. When things go wrong, it's hardly from choices Eragon makes; it's always because someone else did something, or he ran out of strength. The plot happen to the characters rather than the characters driving the plot (for the most part). 

All in all, still love this series, first one is 4.25 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

lunep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Slavery, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Trafficking, War, Confinement, Drug use, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Mental illness, Child abuse, Classism, Animal death, and Abandonment

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I first read this when this came out (I was in middle school then), and now I've just read it again as an adult. As many have said, it is super trope-y, but it's to be expected when it's the work of a 16-year-old. Beat for beat, it's basically Star Wars: A New Hope, but with dragons. I remember really liking this as a kid, but it's super violent, which I don't so much like now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Gore, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Cannibalism

Minor: Ableism

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