A review by theinquisitxor
Eragon by Christopher Paolini

3.0

overall: I enjoyed reading this again and revisiting a childhood favorite. This book/series tends to get some bad press now because people see it as so cliche or tropey, but I a) think it is a great introduction for younger reader into the genre (it was my first introduction to high fantasy) and it helps set the themes and stuff that you find all across other fantasy books and b) those who complain about this book are usually adult readers who primarily read adult fantasy, so reading a story that is middle grade/younger YA throws them off. Yeah, this doesn’t hold up as well against some of the stories that it drew inspiration from, but as a little kid I loved it and as an adult I still enjoyed it with some doses of nostalgia.

I'm going to bump my rating down to 4 stars because even though it was probably only a 3 star read for me, all the nostalgia makes it 4.