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Available
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Publication
Knopf Books for Young Readers (2007), Edition: Reprint, 704 pages
Description
After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.
Media reviews
Nothing wrong with a good thick serving of swords 'n' sorcery, but it needs a hero. In the hands of a writer like George R.R. Martin, Lois McMaster Bujold, Barbara Hambly, or J. K. Rowling, the central characters of fantasy are persons worth knowing: smart, flawed, moral, doomed to love the world
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more than the world loves back. It's fun that they're kings and queens and wizards, but we read the books because Miles Vorkosigan or Harry Potter are in them, the kind of people we'd like to know and be. Unfortunately, Eragon just doesn't measure up to the standard; he's a Frankenstein video-game hero, clanking with magic armor, charms, and weapons, but long on seams and short that essential spark of life. Show Less
It's clear that Paolini has drive and talent, and "Eldest" is, for the most part, competently constructed and written. The problem, however, is that anyone committed to reading a 2,000-page epic deserves more than competence and tropes that have been used countless times before.
Awards
Soaring Eagle Book Award (Nominee — 2007)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2006)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2008)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Teen — 2007)
Indies Choice Book Award (Honor Book — Children's Literature — 2006)
Quill Award (Winner — 2006)
Colorado Blue Spruce Award (Winner — 2007)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — 2007)
WAYRBA: Western Australia Young Readers Book Award (Winner — Older Readers — 2006)