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Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1)
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Dragons and elves and dragons!
A lot of people faulted Paolini for trying to copy Tolkien, but the truth is, their styles are nothing alike. Tolkien is much more poetic and his writing more archaic.
Paolini is a much more straightforward fantasy guy. And that is not a bad thing. I really enjoyed this book and the series overall ranks as one of my all time favorites! Why? Because it is so well written! Seriously now, the descriptions and characters and everything! And it is fascinating really... well, except for the Prologue of this book. It is like that is written by another person (or by Paolini while he was 10 years old). But once you go past that, it gets soooo damn good!!!!
A lot of people faulted Paolini for trying to copy Tolkien, but the truth is, their styles are nothing alike. Tolkien is much more poetic and his writing more archaic.
Paolini is a much more straightforward fantasy guy. And that is not a bad thing. I really enjoyed this book and the series overall ranks as one of my all time favorites! Why? Because it is so well written! Seriously now, the descriptions and characters and everything! And it is fascinating really... well, except for the Prologue of this book. It is like that is written by another person (or by Paolini while he was 10 years old). But once you go past that, it gets soooo damn good!!!!
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Oct 01, 2017 06:06PM
I have never had any interest to read this series but maybe I should give it a chance.
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Teemu wrote: "I have never had any interest to read this series but maybe I should give it a chance."You definitely should! It gets better with every book!
I never read the final book, but I've been thinking of giving the series a reread and seeing what I think of it now. I lost interest waiting for the last one. So now that they are all out maybe I would have a better time with them.
C.P. wrote: "I never read the final book, but I've been thinking of giving the series a reread and seeing what I think of it now. I lost interest waiting for the last one. So now that they are all out maybe I w..."I quite liked the last one, but the second is still my favorite.
I absolutely loved that series, and the third book was my favorite!
Yeah. Both Tolkien and Paolini were inspired by Beowulf (which, I guarantee, all of the negative reviewers have not read, because if they had, they would immediately note the similarities between all three books). But, the former tend to lean more into the poetic side, whereas the latter leans more into the epic side.
