I was surprised to hear of Mr.Paolini, since he comes from Paradise Valley, a thirty minute drive from my house. Excited that this "celebrity" had published a work at such a young age, I decided to read Eragon. As countless other reviewers have said, I found dozens of ripped off story lines, puddle-depth characters, and trite language. The truly amazing thing to me was, how
simple and boring the
writing style was for this book. Ideas put aside, I could not stand
reading such terribly simple writing. I am not an English major, I am a high school student. I have a good imagination, and I felt if I put in the time I could
write a much more interesting
novel.
However, Eragon has continued to be a New York Times bestseller. I predict the novel will slowly die out, or else it will continue to be a wildly popular trend. If the latter
proves true, all it proves is that the general public needs to start reading some higher quality fantasy.
If anything, Eragon has inspired me to write a novel. If he can do it, anyone can!
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