Eragon By Christopher Paolini

The book that I read for my review is Eragon by Christopher Paolini. This book is similar to The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe in the character development and the struggles the characters all have to go through. The way that Eragon changes from an innocent little farm boy to one of the continents most ferocious warriors is a little far fetched concept, but I guess that it could happen.

Starting out at the beginning of the book, Eragon is a kind, respectful, nice little farm boy who trusts everyone. His family is murdered in the middle of the night, leading him to run away. Then, he gets a Dragon. Because he has a Dragon, no one trusts him and everyone wants to kill him. Because of this, he has no friends and gets mad at the world and runs to join a group of rebels that are trying to over through the king.

Later on, Eragon regains some of his childhood innocence. Because of this, he almost gets killed fighting monsters called Urgals. Even though he does swing back and forth a little with his personality, he eventually turns out all right and develops a believable personality.

The way this book relates to other issues is a very subtle and interesting way of doing it. The Author has a way of conveying messages without saying them. He shows how if there is a corrupt and evil leader, you have every right to speak out and change something. I also how he shows with Eragons personality that, you don't have to be what others make you, you can be yourself. Also, that if you want something, work to get it, don't expect others to do it for you. An example of this is how Eragon wanted a new leader and he risked his life on multiple occasions to try and get this.

Although corny in some places, and perhaps a little repetitive, it was a very good book with fun and interesting events. This book is deserving of an A+. I would recommend it to almost anyone.