I have been an avid reader since before any of my other peers could even read. Now I am seventeen and it is difficult to find teen fiction books that will challenge me and not be boring. Paolini's books provide what I am looking for.
Some dissatisfied customers have said in their reviews that Paolini has basically taken elements from other popular books and mixed them together, but I disagree. Some of these works may have influenced him, as happens with all authors, but he has made a work that is distinctly his own. These books transport me into a world like no other. They pull me in no matter how many times I read them. Most books I reread can be a bit irritating, because I wait impatiently for my favorite parts, but these keep me as entralled as the first time I read them.
It may seem like a small thing, but I love the names of characters, places, objects. Not many authors are gifted with the ability to come up with fitting and unique names.
I find the plot to be unpredictable, and the characters individual and complex, traits that are not often found in traditional fantasy quest books. The politics are fitting and layerd, the different points of view (in the times that the story is told by someone else) unique.
The different races (elves, dwarves, dragons etc.) are just traditional enough that I don't feel like Paolini's trying to make a statement, but with twists and traits that make them not seem human--which is the point.
This is a wonderful series, and I would recommend it to any reader.
Other good books I have found recently (or not so recently) that you might find interesting: The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins), Graceling (Kristin Cashore), Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer), The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman).Get more detail about Eragon (Inheritance).
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