Eragon by Paolini
The book, Eragon takes place in a land called Alagaesia in an empire controlled by an evil guy named Galbatorix. The story is about a boy named Eragon who is a farm boy and lives in a town called Carvahall. Both his parents are assumed to be dead and he lives with his cousin Roran and his Uncle Garrow.
On a hunting trip in a range of mountains called The Spine, Eragon discovers a blue stone which later turns out to be a dragon egg. When his Uncle is killed by two creatures called the Ra'zac he goes out to find revenge and is accompanied by an old story teller named Brom who helps him to become a Dragon Rider. On their quest they battle monsters and get help from their friends to find and kill the Ra'zac.
When they are ambushed by the Ra'zac, Brom is killed by a knife wound but a guy named Murtagh comes and chases the Ra'zac away then helps nurse Eragon back to health. Afterwards they are forced to flee from the empire where they seek the help of a band of rebels called the Varden.
The story line of this book is incredibly similar to star wars. Both of them start on farms. Both of them have an old yet cool mentor who was once a hero. Both of them save a girl. And both of them go and join a rebellion to defeat an Empire.
I think that this book is a very intriguing book and is quite worth reading. (Even though the movie is crap) The storyline of this book is very interesting and has a good bit of suspense to it. It is a well written book. A
5 comments:
i've already read this book and i liked it a lot. this is a pretty good description/review. good job stacy
I read this book a while ago, and I really liked it. Once I read your book review, I realized not how it is similar to Star Wars, but how closely it follows the Hero's Journey. It was really cool to connect the dots. Thanks!!
I read Eragon about a year ago and absoulotly hated it, but I tried again a few a months ago and it was a little better.
"Both of his parents are assumed to be dead." Kind of gives away part of the book doesn't it? It's ok though I wasn't planning on reading it any time soon anyway. Cool review though, other than the subtle give-a-ways, ya' know?
I could never really get through this book. I've tried multiple times, but I guess it's just not my kind of book. Great review though!
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