Eragon By: Christopher Paolini

Going on adventures can be very exhilirating at times, but also very tiring and frightening at others. When Eragon finds a blue stone on his way to get meat one day, his entire life changes. At first, Eragon has no idea that this "stone" that he found was actually an egg, but one night, it hatches. After word gets out that the egg hatched, Eragon becomes a huge part in the war going on in the empire. Everyone thought that all of the dragons were gone, but Eragon just found one. When his uncle is killed and his house is destroyed by some of his pursuers, he has to learn to become a great fighter. On his adventure to get revenge, a man named Brom teaches him many things about fighting.

The character descriptions in this book are amazing. Eragon starts out as a normal boy, but after training with Brom for months, he changes drastically. The author describes him so well, that I could actually see Eragon in front of me in my mind. When Eragon looks in a mirror one day, this is how it descibes him: "Any baby fat was gone now, his cheek bones were more prominent, and the line of his jaw was sharper."(198)

The plot of this book was also amazing, but suspenseful and startling too. As you get farther into the book, many more things unravel. It turns out that Brom the "storyteller" was once a dragon rider who defeated another rider named Morzan. And one of Eragon's friends is actually the son of Morzan! Many other things are surprising, and for me it was almost impossible to put the book down. It always kept me in suspense.

Once you read this book, you can't just stop, it isn't like that. The end of this book, isn't really an end, which is why you have to read the sequel, Eldest. I have not read this book yet, but from what I hear, it is also a very good book. But that isn't where it stops either, this is a trilogy so the third one is what will end it. I highly recommend this book to you, along with the other two, and I hope you enjoy Eragon as much as I did.

Written and Published by: Paul