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Eragon by Christopher Paolini

46 reviews

theverycraftyvegan'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was a beautiful coming of age fantasy about a boy and his dragon, or a dragon and her boy. I have read and enjoyed the LOTR series multiple times, and this book was very similar in many ways: think epic journey, father figure mentor, dwarves, elves, dragons, demonic bad folk, magic, and battles. But it was also different in many ways, so don’t let that deter you!

I loved the bond between Eragon and Saphira. Their friendship and love for one another was beautiful to read. I also really liked Paolini’s descriptions of Saphira—how she grew and changed throughout the book. How strong and beautiful she was. 

This was a wonderful fantasy novel and I cannot wait to continue reading the series. A great book for anyone looking to dip their toes into fantasy for the first time, or for seasoned old people like myself who love getting lost in a good story. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Torture and Slavery

Minor: Rape and Vomit

hedyharper's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Slavery, Torture, Animal death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexism, and War

glammster's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gore

abigailfaber's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Some adult context 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Sexual content

saintyeehaw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Trafficking, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, War, and Violence

readbyella_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Torture

micaelamariem's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

2.0

I had a really hard time getting into this book. The worldbuilding is amazing and so very thorough and learning that the author was 15 when he wrote this is incredible. So incredible that I'm jealous as a want to be author at 26. But, there are times you can tell that the author was 15. It seemed like there was a lot of detail that didn't need to be there, like he wasn't giving readers enough credit to understand what was going on. Plus, we don't need to know every time the characters are hungry or tired--we get it. Also, this was full of every trope from the fantasy genre imaginable. There's nothing wrong with tropes, there is a reason they're popular. But fitting them all in while not even turning them on their head made the book more cliche and predictable. And to put it plainly, I was bored the whole time. This book had so much potential but the writing made it fall flat, and I don't think I'll be continuing the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Grief, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Torture, Violence, and Slavery

Minor: Alcohol

nialiversuch's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Murder, Slavery, War, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Grief

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Okay listen. I first read this book when I was about 10 years old and it broke open my mind to the world of epic fantasy. I also see the bad editing, predictable plotting, and gender role issues but it's such a comforting nostalgic read so take my totally biased high rating and frequent rereads with a grain of salt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Grief

books_and_cream_cheese's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

This book is a HUGE sausage party. Where them girls at? I'm sorry, Saphira doesn't count - the ladies either unimportant oh-so-hot side characters, georgeously unconscious damsels in distress or an old witch. 

Apart from a unnecessarily long plot with so many things that lead absolutely nowhere and a far-too-flawless protagonist - this was surprisingly entertaining and a page turner. Written by a horny teenage boy dreaming about adventures for horny teenage boys dreaming about adventures.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault