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I managed to get through Eragon but found Eldest one of the most boring books ever... I agree that Paolini doesn't deserve to be a writer at the moment at least

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I've read Eragon (not Eldest), and in my opinion the only thing genuinely good about the book is that it is very easy to read (though there are those who would argue that this is no strength). One may be reminded that it is the opinion of many (myself included) that the ease-of-reading factor was by far the single greatest reason the Harry Potter series is as monumentally popular as it is. If you want a good review of Eragon, I suggest you go look at its Amazon page - you may have to scroll past one or two cheery contentless reviews, but there's usually a well-educated one near the top.

Rhea

Wow, I've always heard good things about Eragon, however I always thought it was under the young readers/teens/young adult section, and therefore didn't really have an interest in reading it. Yes, coming from a Harry Potter fan >.< but I did start reading Harry Potter when I was younger =D

I've only started hearing that Eragon's not a good book when I come here, which came as a surprise.

I'll agree that Robert Jordan's later books are pretty bad. I stopped reading after the fourth. I realised that he kept introducing new characters in, and it seemed like he was just trying to milk it out and drag it longer than, well, whatever it is that's super long.

Edit: Ooh! I'd also like to add and agree that it's very hard to find good fantasy books. I have never read much of the genre and am trying to read it, however I find it SUPER hard to find good books....most of the storylines sound the same to me, and entirely similar to Tolkien. See, the only fantasy books I've read up till then were Tolkien and Harry Potter. Hadn't been very exposed. And when I started to look I couldn't really find anything - the teen's fantasy books even looked more interesting than the adults ones! Almost given up on getting into fantasy...and reading Robert Jordan early on didn't help much, as I'm now very wary of books that have more than 3 in the series.

Krim

China Mieville should restore some faith in you. George R.R. Martin has created one of the most well-known, unorthodox, fantastic novels in the genre, so it is said. I've only read book one, but it was good. I can recommend some more if you're interested.

Rhea

Hmm, yes, recommendations of fantasy books would be nice

Fantasy of You

Paolini, when reviewing Rowling's Harry Potter series, 'It's great to see her grow as a writer, improving as she has.'

I roll my eyes...

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