Quote Originally Posted by KiltedCodeWarrior
How is book Eldest? Read his first book and was blown away. Was in Borders today and saw the new one was out, but am going to wait to purchase it until I finish re-reading the Narnia series.
With KCW's above post from another thread, I thought I would start this Paolini book review thread here in the OT section.

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I just finished Eragon and thought it was good. It isn't Tolkien, but considering Paolini's age when he wrote Eragon, it is dang impressive. It can be a bit predictable at times, and at times Paolini's young age shows thru in the writing style. However, I was never bored with it, and the further I got in the book, the more I felt pulled into the story. He has clearly done alot of background work to make Alagaesia such a believable world. He does have a talent of pointing out the poignant small details that give the story alot of depth.

I am not too far into Eldest yet. But already I can see a more mature writing style. Eldest picks up right where Eragon leaves off, I am just as sucked in as before. I am eager to read more, and I will certainly look forward to the 3rd book in the The Inheritance Trilogy.

Yeah, Narnia is on my to-read list as well, but I want to finish Eldest first. So Narnia and The Similarion will have to wait for a bit. So many books, so little time. I also want to play Myst IV and Myst V; the first 3 were just awesome.

-ian