About this title: A sensational avalanche of shifting political alliances, unexpected bombshells, and intense relationships races through this gripping, fast-paced sequel to the phenomenal bestseller ERAGON (which was written when Christopher Paolini was just a teenager). The Varden's struggle to end the reign of the villainous King Galbatorix continues as they and ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780375840401ISBN:0375840400
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13:9780375826702ISBN:037582670X
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Binding: Hardcover
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Binding: Hardcover
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Binding: Softcover
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Binding: Hardcover
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Binding: Hardcover
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Binding: Hardcover
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Binding: Hardcover
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Binding: Hardcover
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ISBN-13:9780375826702ISBN:037582670X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780375826702ISBN:037582670X
Description: Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 681 p. Inheritance Trilogy (Hardcover), 2. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
"Again for my son for xmas we bought this series of cd's. They help him relax and sleep at night, he is in the middle of reading the series and loves the tapes too! Great for avid readers like my son."
I would recommend this book to anyone who has read Eragon. Eldest basically begins where Eragon left off, at the Alagasian Mountains. After Broms death, Eragon and Saphira begin to set out on their own. A very mysterious man named Murtagh who happens to be a swordsman joins them. No I can't predict the ending and I still don't know the ending. With Brom dead Eragon will have to learn the ancient language on his own. I would have to say my favorite character in Eldest would be Eragon; he is determined to avenge his Uncle's death. My least favorite character in Eldest would be Murtagh; because I think he is the son of the dragon rider who betrayed all the others and helped Galbotorix to claim the throne. As Eragon, Murtagh, and Sahpira finally set out still avoiding the evil Ra'zac, they have to manage to make it to the Varden; a hidden rebel organization in the Beor Mountains. What kept me reading Eldest was the suspense of Eragon fighting Galbatorix. As they begin to fight off the kings puppets known as Urgals which are a sort of creature like human thing. Allies of the Dwarfs, the Varden king and his daughter are more than excited to finally see a Dragon Rider fighting against the evil king of Alagasia; Galbatorix. Honestly, I think the author wrote Eldest to keep the trilogy alive. Eragon is a very popular book for teenagers. Eragon is sent to an elf stronghold called, Ellesmera to learn more about being a Dragon Rider. While at Ellesmera Eragon and Saphira surprisingly meet another dragon rider and dragon, from which they learn what they need to know. The portion of the book that captured my attention the most was when they found another dragon rider. Meanwhile Eragons cousin, Roan comes back to Carvahall to find his father dead and Eragon missing. So he leads what is left of his village away to safety.
This book made me want to go on an adventure! It pulls you in and makes you want to be a part of it. My favorite line from the book would be "BRISINGER!" which means the element fire in their ancient language. If Eldest was made into a movie I think John Malkovich would be a good actor to play the role of the evil king Galbotorix. Tom Cruise would be a good actor to play the role of Murtagh. I think Viggo Mortenson would be good for the character Roan. I like Orlando Bloom for the role of Eragon."
"It's been a while since I read Eragon, but I remember enjoying it quite a bit, so I was really looking forward to Eldest. And I think I would have enjoyed it if it'd been 400 pages instead of 650 or so. But as it stands, there's just not enough plot to carry the length of this book.
It felt a *whole* lot like Paolini opened a word blender and dumped in equal amounts of LOTRO and Star Wars and added a pinch of Pern and hit the BLEND button. And that still would have been OK except he got a huge clump of Degoba in the Star Wars material. Hmm, perhaps I should stop torturing this metaphor. Put another way, imagine if two-thirds of the original Star Wars was Skywalker being trained by Yoda; watching someone going to class everyday gets boring fast.
Riders = Jedi, the bond between Eragon and Saphira comes from Pern, the language, races and tone come from LOTRO. Although the tone comes and goes...Paolini's characters drift between fairly modern dialog and "come hither" and "I know not why" and other 'pseudo-medieval' phrasing. He even manages to riff on "Treasure of the Sierra Madre's" 'we don't need no stinking badges' quote, swapping in "barges" for "badges." *sigh*
Anyway, intertwined with Eragon's story (which can be summed up as "Eragon goes to train with the elves for 300 pages, then heads to a battle) this time out is Roran's. Roran is the cousin Eragon left behind in Carvahall, and *he* has quite an interesting and fun plot in Eldest, which is what saved the book from being just plain bad. I would've been happier if most of the book was about Roran, with Eragon's training being a minor subplot.
As this volume of Inheritance closes, Paolini redeems himself somewhat, as Eragon *finally* stops training and starts doing, and we get some good action and strong plot developments in the closing chapters of the book.
This isn't a bad book; it's just much longer than it needed to be. I've heard Book 3 of Inheritance is even worse in that respect, and I'm not sure I'm willing to stay on this ride any longer."
"Wonderful Series, Looking very forwward to getting the 4th book! I am working on reading Brisingr now and I am about 3 quarters of the way done, I cannot put it down once I start! It is excellent, Paolini made a wonderful, inticing book with twists that even I didnt see coming! Murtagh becoming a rider and siding with Galbatorix? Amazing, my jaw dropped when I read that! I am most definetly impressed with this wonderful work of genious. I don't understand how anyone could hate this series! It's simply marvelous, Even the comical parts like in eldest when Saphira gets drunk! When I read that I laughed so hard I nearly fell out of my seat! To put it simply, This book is a work of genious congratulations Paolini for creating something like this..I will even admit this..I am as addicted to eragon as most people are to twilight!"
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