Reviews

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

daisythebrownie's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

henrybrunisholz's review

Eragon was a really flat character, and the pacing felt very slow.

smkrupski's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

dalfaia's review

adventurous relaxing 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? No

4.0

tactless_test's review

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

pauli_24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

utkarshmishra's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious slow-paced

4.75

bookfairy_88's review

4.0

Read in 2005
{re-read in 2009}
Audio book March 2018

pureferret's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

It picks up, but very very late on

casserole1998's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed reading this book. A friend recommended this after I told him about Fourth Wing and how much I loved that. I will say this is more traditional fantasy, and better than Fourth Wing in that regard. This is the kind of book you read to your kids as a bed time story. It's dragons and adventure. I think this is the first fantasy book I've read that focused more on plot than just character development. Fourth Wing and Age of Myth focused on telling you how the characters handled what was going on in the books. You follow the plot through the lens of the characters, but the characters definitely are the main focus. This book gave you the plot, and through reading the plot, you learned more about the characters, but plot was the primary focus. I really enjoyed it and I'm excited to start the next book.