Book Review and Upcoming Movie Update
Yes, I know, I just did a movie review last week and now I'm doing a book review, so live with it! ;-)
After hearing from many people on Mouth House (the coolest group of teens in the world) talk about the book "Eragon" and also seeing posters at my movie theater up advertising for the upcoming movie, I finally decided to read the #1 New York Times Bestseller for myself. Yes, I'm a totally geek. I love fantasy books and I actually managed to finish this one in...about four days. It's great! I even read it instead of watching football on Saturday, *gasp* is it not just soooo totally shocking! ;-p
Anyways, I'm not going to sum up the plot, because you can just read it for yourselves. But, I will give you a little insentive. "Eragon" is a lovely depicted fantasy about a farm boy descovering a dragon and being thrown into the middle of the adventure of a liftime. It's kind of like "Wheel of Time" meets "Lord of the Rings." I know what your thinking, "great another one of those want to be Tolkien's. But, hold your judgement until after you read the book. Christopher Paolini, sucessfully came up with his own fantasy story that is breaking new ground in the genre full of some of the greatest writers of all time. He has developed some great characters and his new twist on dragons is very interesting.
Well dang...I guess I can copy the back of the book down for you so you can at least know a bit more about it:
When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.
Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledging dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds.
Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands.
Overall, I thought it was a great book, and if you haven't read it yet, go read it, now!!!!
Now...on to my movie update!
Eragon the movie comes out December 15th! I can't wait to see it. It's staring Edward Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Garret Hedlund, and Jeremy Irons. So, now you have even more insentive to read the book, right now...you have to read it before you see the movie!
Why are you still reading this? Aren't you going to the bookstore yet?
VAMOS!!!! ;-p
posted by AgentPixy007 at 14:10
4 Comments:
My whole family has read that book, (except for my little brother, lol) and they all say it was really good... I started it but never finished. And guess what?! I'm goingto the bookstore tomorrow! I bet you never figgered someone would actually listen. Lol.
--Minte (MH person)
*Mumbles something about having enough to do*
Great. Just great. Now I want to read that book. :P
*Mumbles*
AD
Not really mad.
I didn't like that book. He blatantly copied stuff from LotR and Eye of the World...
I didn't think he did. I mean, yes some things are very similar...Paolini does list Tolkien as one of the writers that inspired him. Eye of the World could be taken as blatantly copying stuff from LotR...it's all Fantasy...so of course it's going to be very close in plot and characters. I think that's why so many people like it, because of how similar it is to LotR and Eye of the World. I enjoyed it because it was jsut a good story in and of it's self, especially if you look at it with out trying to compare it to LotR and such.
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