Eldest (Inheritance)

the book eldest i realy like and have read more thsn once ,but the other day i went on vacation and thought hay ill get eldest on cd and listen to it on the drive. the guy who is readen the book has one of the most annoying voices ive ever heard and he makes eragon sound like a fag and saphira is a female dragon not yoda.

The best book ever? Oh wait third book in the trilogy is coming out September 20!

This book, Eldest is good no doubt, but some parts, most of the book actually are really slow. It also has a great problem, it seems it is some kind of rip-off book from Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings and more.

Let me explain, when Luke goes to avenge his uncle with Obi-Wan, an old but clever teacher...Wait, that's Eragon goes to avenge his uncle with Brom. Well anyway, they fight a lot of enemies, they kill Durza and then Eldest starts. The story follows Eragon with Gimli and Arwen going...Oops, I mean Orik and Ayra. They arrive to the Elven city and there Eragon learns the arts of the Dragon Riders from an old man who is a rider himslef. Some of the things he learns are interesting but when you read 500 pages about a boy learning you're bound to get bored when an entire chapter is about ants, or when dear Oromis goes into the river with Eragon without clothes on, or...well, you'll get bored. Then the battle comes, some interesting things happen again and boom! Darth Vader appears and claims to Eragon "No, I am your father"**dramatic music playing in the back**...Damn, did it again! It's actually Murtagh who says to Eragon that he's his brother and that Morzan, a bad guy who is dead, is their father...Oh, he also loses his sword which doesn't remind me of Luke losing his Lightsabre when Darth Vader told him the truth...

All in all, you can read the book, you'll get bored in some parts, you'll find many paralells with other novels and you can either like it or hate it. Good luck.

PS: Eragon faints every other page and you'll get tired of it. At the end of the book, he's lost concioussness so many times, you wonder how he doesn't get any brain damage

I enjoyed Eldest immensly. Not many books can pull me from video games, but this book and its prequel did just that. I enjoyed the progression through the book, but I wanted it to continue when I finished. I will be purchasing Brisingr when it is released.

This is a great book, the story line continues from the first book and the characters are developed nicely. I cant wait for the next installment to be delivered in august. I pre-ordered the next book for myself and for a friend.