Eragon by Christopher Paolini – A review by 12 year old Nathan. Recommended age 12+
One day, a poor farm boy called Eragon, who was 15, was hunting in a mountain range known as the spine when suddenly, just as he was about to kill a deer, he heard an explosion behind him and dived for cover.
When he went to see what had caused the explosion all he saw was a bright blue, polished stone. As anyone would, Eragon just wanted to get away from the stone as he had no doubt magicians had caused it, but at the last second, he bagged the stone thinking it might be worth something.
A few nights after the event, the stone started to crack in Eragon’s bedroom. He woke afraid someone had broken into the hovel, where he lived with his uncle and cousin, and saw the stone shaking and cracking. It was at this moment that Eragon realised that the stone was not a stone, it was an egg.
The stone cracked through the middle and split apart and, in the middle of the egg, there laid a baby dragon. Eragon had to raise his dragon in secret as he didn’t want anyone to know about it.
Weeks later when the dragon was fully grown, Eragon named it Saphira and rode it through the sky. When he landed, he went to the village storyteller, who was called Brom, and Eragon asked him what he knew about dragons. When Eragon later returns to his hovel, there is a surprise in store for him and he must flee from Carvahall (the village that he calls home).
I enjoyed this book because it is nonstop action and there are a lot of plot twists and loads of detail went into it. There is even a glossary for the different languages. There are four books in the Eragon series, all of which are amazing. 10/10
Published April 2005 by Alfred A. Knopf (first published June 2002)
Pages 505
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What a fantastic review thank you Nathan!
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