I obtained a copy of Christopher Paolini's latest work, Eldest. Sequel to his earlier, Eragon, Eldest is a step in the right direction. Take the qualities of Eragon, multiply them with goodness and unexpected turns: the result is Eldest. Picking up where the first left off, Eldest starts out with Eragon going to the land of the elves to train as a Rider (dragonrider). I wouldn't want to be the one to give the great plot twists away so I won't. Throughout the story it alternates between Eragon with the elves, his cousin Roran fighting for freedom, and the Varden preparing for the shadow that will ultimately conclude the book. My favorite book to this day. I am greatly looking forward to Empire, the conclusion to the Inheritance Trilogy, in a number of years. Pick Eldest up for a great week (or day in my case) of reading.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost.
Wasn't Christopher like that 14 or 16 year old boy who wrote that book?
I'm pretty sure he was that old when he wrote Eragon.
I'm pretty sure he WROTE Eragon.....
It is interesting, but I have a book to read.
And Eragon was pretty much a total rip off of Star Wars (From the princess being kidnapped in the beginning)
And the entire setting of the Lord of The Rings.
So... I know a lot of things are ripped off many things but.... I don't really like Star Wars or the LOTR....
I'll consider reading it on my death bed
(Sorry if I sound rude, this little moron is reading over my shoulder. FINE GO AHEAD AND TELL THE TEACHER!)
Eldest was over 600 pages long... And you must read them in order to make any sense. Really Rose, its not a total rip off of anything. Sure any fantasy can be compared to Lord of the Rings, because it came first. But in truth, Eragon and Eldest are great original pieces of work. Paolini was 15 when he first began Eragon. It wasn't finished until he was older though.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost.
*Yawns*
Well I didn't read the book, fantasy confused me. I was just using what I heard off my Elementary Librarian. She read it. LOL, but I won't wanna make a political or whatever debate about this or whatever....
I really, shouldn't, but I will. Against my better judgement.
My Two Bits
I was not impressed at all by the first one. The plot was seriously cliched, and the writing was enough to make me choke and run for my red pen. Still, it wasn't anything that couldn't be fixed. It probably would have been okay, if Paolini had forgotten about trying to get it published and simply rewritten it.
Frankly, I despise it, but that's just me.
And then the second book came out. I picked it up at the store and looked at it, hoping that he'd have had the decency to improve his writing.
He hadn't.
Of course, I didn't read it all. Just the first couple pages. But it was so boring... so caught up in the last book. And a synopsis? If he's going to do that why write the other book? Why should I read this bok when I know I can wait for the next one and read the synopsis!!!! He didn't have a good start at all.
I did flip it open to the middle and begin reading to see if it got any better as it progressed, but all I found was a bunch of boring dialogue and filler.
Yeah. I think Paolini could have been a good writer with time, if he actually worked at his writing. But when your already famous, why should you care about quality as long as it sells?
I read the first one. Have no desire to read the second one, cause as far as I can see, writing quality aside, the plot ain't much. There are tons of better books I could be reading. So...
Why waste money on something I do not like? And it's not that different from many I've read. So, this is my opinion adn reasons for never wanting to pick up a book with Christopher Paolini's name on the cover.
Who knows, it might get better. But I doubt it very seriously.
The writing quality was very good actually. Its made the New York Times bestseller, which isn't say much, but still. Now if you just don't like the plot then thats fine but you cannot argue that it is well written.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost.
I'm reading Eldest now. I like the books. Not the sort that keep me glued to the pages, but I still enjoy them.
lol, course I've formed this little nonexistant relationship between Paolini and myself because we're so similar. lol, homeschooled, graduated early (I think he did...), from Montana... ^_^
Why waste money on something I do not like?
o.O Um, you don't have to buy a book to read it. Personally, I just go to the library...
But that's off subject. I just thought the comment was odd.
Actually, I have yet to find someone who thought it was well-written. You'd be about the first. (I take that back, second. there was that other guy... yeah) I cannot see how in the world the writing is good. (Not meant to cause offense, just my opinion) I have yet to find a very popular book I liked very much.
o.O Um, you don't have to buy a book to read it. Personally, I just go to the library...
*snicker* You don't know my library... They NEVER get new books.
And, oddly enough, I am homeschooled, sued to live in Montana, not too far from where Paolini lives, (And will once again live there in three or so years...) The only thing that changes is that if I lived in MT still I could go beg Paolini to rewrite his books for the good of fantasydom.
