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A review by charliauthor
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
3.0
(3.5)
I've started this re read because its always nice to see how your reading tastes change over the years and whether your old loves still hold as much weight.
I'm happy to say that while its not as great as i remembered, Eragon still holds a special place in my heart as the book that opened up epic fantasy to younger minds. Before Eragon, it felt the only books of this scope were for older readers and so i'll always love and respect it for bringing the gap between old and new fantasy and make it palatable for younger readers.
I realised i'm not a fan of the play by play style of writing that was pretty prevalent back in the day. I doubt this story would be picked up as quickly nowadays as it takes a while to get to the real point of anything. It is wonderfully packed full of old magic and elves and dwarves and all the ingredients for an epic fantasy but for me it is very slow before the fun of the final battle.
I will always love CP for including brown people very early on, before it became a tick box for some writers they feel they need to complete to be considered diverse.
I stopped reading the series after book 2 for unknown reasons so i'm really excited to continue and see how the full story actually ends. As well as learn more about Galbatorix and that shady ass biyatch Murtagh....
I've started this re read because its always nice to see how your reading tastes change over the years and whether your old loves still hold as much weight.
I'm happy to say that while its not as great as i remembered, Eragon still holds a special place in my heart as the book that opened up epic fantasy to younger minds. Before Eragon, it felt the only books of this scope were for older readers and so i'll always love and respect it for bringing the gap between old and new fantasy and make it palatable for younger readers.
I realised i'm not a fan of the play by play style of writing that was pretty prevalent back in the day. I doubt this story would be picked up as quickly nowadays as it takes a while to get to the real point of anything. It is wonderfully packed full of old magic and elves and dwarves and all the ingredients for an epic fantasy but for me it is very slow before the fun of the final battle.
I will always love CP for including brown people very early on, before it became a tick box for some writers they feel they need to complete to be considered diverse.
I stopped reading the series after book 2 for unknown reasons so i'm really excited to continue and see how the full story actually ends. As well as learn more about Galbatorix and that shady ass biyatch Murtagh....