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My husband (then boyfriend) gave me the first three books of this series our first Christmas together. I'm not an avid Fantasy reader, but I do enjoy some of them. The Eragon series is pretty good. It wasn't quite as good the second time around, now that I know what happens. But it was still a good read.

It is fairly evident that Paolini was heavily inspired by The Lord of the Rings both in content and style, but I think this book is different enough to stand on its own. More a homage than a ripoff that some people claim it is. Unfortunately, it also mimicked the loquacious, drawn out style of The Lord of the Rings. Parts of the story could have been left out entirely without detracting from the plot or character development. Conversely, unlike The Lord of the Rings, Eragon lacked any deeper meaning or symbolism. It was your standard adventurous romp with dragons and bad guys. Better than a lot of Fantasy books but not mind-blowing. Still, I give Paolini props for writing it when he was only fifteen.

This review fulfills the "Book Written by Someone Under 30" category of the Popsugar reading challenge.