by Christopher Paollini
In his first book, Paollini creates a mythological world full of dragons, wizards, complete with an evil king and magic sword. Sounds like all the ingredients for a fantasy novel to me. In fact, it sounds like almost every other fantasy novel I've read. While I didn't find Eragon particularly remarkable, it is reasonably good as young adult fiction goes. Young adult novels are essentially like normal novels, but the themes are distilled and simplified for the younger readers. This generally makes the plot rather transparent, but I have to remind myself that I'm a wee bit older than the intended audience. Eragon was okay, and with the sequel already in print, its young author has a promising career ahead of him.
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