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Eragon by Christopher Paolini

31 reviews

queen_cocolatis's review

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

dundiesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Ich liebe dieses Buch! Ich liebe, wie die Welt wird super eindrücklich beschrieben wird, mit tollen Details, wie die Charaktere ausgebaut und an fast allen Punkten sehr gut nachvollziehbar sind und auch die Dynamiken zwischen den verschiedenen Figuren (aller Völker). Das Magiesystem gefällt mir sehr gut und alles was Eragon lernt ist auch für mich spannend. Es macht Spaß mit ihm auf die lange Reise zu gehen und Alagäsia zu erkunden.
Eines der wenigen Bücher (zu denen auch Eragon 3 gehört), die mich mit einer dramatischen, emotionalen Szene zum Weinen gebracht hat. Für mich der Beweis dafür, dass Paolini es schafft, mich vollends in seine Welt hineinzuziehen. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, War, and Death

Minor: Child death, Torture, Drug abuse, Blood, Genocide, and Rape

rokinjaguar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Eragon was not what I expected! It has a very different tone than Percy Jackson, but it was super charming! It had way more of a focus on Eragon’s feelings and relationships with other people/Saphira than I expected. Just a classic hero story with lots of heart!
Tbh it lost me in several places on the plot bc I was listening to it on audiobook and the plot was a bit generic, but the vibes were very good and heartwarming :3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, Animal death, and Slavery

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

resiii_05's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

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