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A review by kaitie_reads
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
I'm working on rereading this series, and it was so wonderful to dive back into this world and Alagaรซsia.
What impresses me most about this book is how the worldbuilding and story structure are complex but also super easy to follow and immersive at the same time. A lot of the worldbuilding is conveyed via a storyteller, so instead of feeling like there are large info dumps; the information is relayed in an exciting and immersive way.
What also never ceases to amaze me is that Christopher Paolini was 15 years old when he started writing this series. I do find our protagonist, Eragon, shows a bit of a lack of maturity in this first book, but his character growth is immaculate, and not only is The Inheritance Cycle Series a high fantasy, but also a coming-of-age story.
Saphira, our dragon, is the ultimate bonded dragon companion. She's sassy and intelligent, and I found while reading I was reimmersed into a familiar feeling (one that I had when I first read these books) of wishing I had a dragon companion like Saphira.
Christopher Paolini does not pull his punches, and the tragedies that Eragon experiences as he grows into his newfound role are devastating but also shape him as a character. By the end of the book, we start to see him grow from those experiences and develop from that naive farm boy into his role as a dragon rider.
I was happy to discover that I still really enjoyed this book rereading it as a now adult, and I can't wait to relive and enjoy the remainder of this series.
"๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐น๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ; ๐ฒ๐ฝ'๐ผ ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐พ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ ๐บ๐พ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐ถ๐ธ๐ท. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ผ๐พ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ."
What impresses me most about this book is how the worldbuilding and story structure are complex but also super easy to follow and immersive at the same time. A lot of the worldbuilding is conveyed via a storyteller, so instead of feeling like there are large info dumps; the information is relayed in an exciting and immersive way.
What also never ceases to amaze me is that Christopher Paolini was 15 years old when he started writing this series. I do find our protagonist, Eragon, shows a bit of a lack of maturity in this first book, but his character growth is immaculate, and not only is The Inheritance Cycle Series a high fantasy, but also a coming-of-age story.
Saphira, our dragon, is the ultimate bonded dragon companion. She's sassy and intelligent, and I found while reading I was reimmersed into a familiar feeling (one that I had when I first read these books) of wishing I had a dragon companion like Saphira.
Christopher Paolini does not pull his punches, and the tragedies that Eragon experiences as he grows into his newfound role are devastating but also shape him as a character. By the end of the book, we start to see him grow from those experiences and develop from that naive farm boy into his role as a dragon rider.
I was happy to discover that I still really enjoyed this book rereading it as a now adult, and I can't wait to relive and enjoy the remainder of this series.
"๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐น๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ; ๐ฒ๐ฝ'๐ผ ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐พ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ ๐บ๐พ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐ถ๐ธ๐ท. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ผ๐พ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ."