Reviewed by Agastya
Eragon is just a poor, fifteen-year-old
farmboy. One day while he goes hunting, however, he finds a weird blue stone.
Later, the stone starts cracking and hatches into a baby dragon, which he names
Saphira. A few weeks later, the Ra’zac, a race who serve under Galbatorix, the
evil king, kill his uncle. Eragon chases after them with his newly grown up
dragon to get revenge for the death of his uncle.
One reason I loved Eragon
was because of the adventure storyline. Eragon must travel across the land of
Alagaësia to seek out help
from the Varden, a group who wants to overthrow Galbatorix, to help him kill
the Ra’zac. Along the way he learns magic and more details about the history of
dragons.
Another reason this book
is great is because of the fact that Christopher Paolini invented an entire
language (referred to in the book as “the ancient language”) for the story. I
found myself flipping to the glossary in the back of the book to find out what
some of the phrases mean. Someone who creates an entire language just for their
book series must be really committed to it.
I would rate this book a
10/10. It was an amazing book, and I really liked it. However, the book is very
long. I would recommend this book to people who like fantasy and adventure
novels. I would not recommend this book to people who do not like long books.
If you read this book, I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Alfred A. Knopf, 509 pages
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