Reviews tagging 'Death'

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

57 reviews

darkefyres's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death

Moderate: Blood and Violence

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

inkwelling's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

lotten4's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

The dragon is cool

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture, Violence, and Misogyny

savvyrosereads's review

adventurous slow-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

3.5

Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Fifteen-year-old Eragon is plunged into an ancient war when he discovers a dragon’s egg while hunting to feed his family.

I first read ERAGON close to when it came out, which means I was probably 10-12 years old or so. I’ll be honest, I was not a fan…I found it dense and slow and a little weird, and for some reason remember being totally creeped out by the prologue. I gave it 2 stars.

I suspected I might appreciate this book more as an adult, and generally I was right. I still find it pretty dense and slow, but I can enjoy a slow burn fantasy now and I appreciated the depth of world-building here. I did need to switch to audio before this finally clicked for me…something about reading the physical copy just wasn’t snagging my attention. But overall, I had a reasonably fun time, and I’m excited to continue with the remaining books…I only made it as far as ELDEST on my original read, so I’m looking forward to learning how the series ends!

CW: Violence/blood/war/death; mentions of torture

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Content Warnings

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

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

The story read very well and I read the whole book quickly, despite its size.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, and War

Minor: Death of parent

a_wren_that_reads's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Slavery

Minor: Alcohol, Rape, and Torture

sphinxy's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

A very a classic fantasy novel! Although it's somewhat slow in places, Eragon does a great job of displaying a journey from start to finish, not just a physical, literal one, but one of the mind of a young boy developing into an adult warrior 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Rape, and Torture

wordswoods's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

My girlfriend has been bugging me to read this for at least two years and finally I did!

A great first installment into a YA fantasy tale, we follow Eragon, our 'chosen one'. He is the first dragon Rider after an age of them all dying out after a great war. Eragon finds a dragon egg, sees it hatch and secretly helps the dragon to grow up as he lives on a farm with his family. But soon, he is terrorized by enemies driving him away from all he knows. He is thrust into a plot where all want to use them for their own goals and he has to decide who to side with. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death 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

miss_sunshine's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death