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Une suite à la hauteur !
Un deuxième tome qui aura grandement rempli mes attentes me surprenant même par la maturité de l'auteur, il faut dire aussi que Paolini sera passé de 15 à 21 ans entre le début du premier tome et la fin du second, de quoi permettre un grand changement de style et une belle évolution du texte...
Le tout commencera avec un retour au source à Carvehall et l'histoire...
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entertaining, but predictable
while I enjoyed this installment, I was disappointed with the predictability of the story line. From the opening scenes, I was reasonably certain of many of the major elements of the storyline. It was an entertaining read, and I'm looking forward to the final installment, but I found this book to be less captivating than Eragon and entirely too predictable.
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Eldest but not wisest, Jui 5 2009
When the very first line of a book is as nonsensical as "The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living," you know you're in trouble.
So it's pretty obvious from the start that Christopher Paolini's second novel "Eldest" is going to be a disaster. But the biggest weakness of Paolini's book is not his stilted dialogue or numerous cliches, or even the slow-moving pompous slog of the seemingly endless elf training -- it's his cardboard cutout of a self-insert hero, Eragon.
"Eldest" picks up immediately after the end of "Eragon," with Eragon badly wounded, Murtagh missing, and the leader of the Varden murdered. But despite the rebels' turmoil, Eragon is told that he has to accompany Arya back to the elven city Ellesmera, to train as a proper Dragon-rider. When he arrives, Eragon finds that his new master is an ancient, crippled elf named Oromis, who has a lot to teach him before he inevitably expires.
Yup, Oromis has vast stores of knowledge to impart. And sadly, we have to see every step of it -- including yoga, ant-watching and hilariously homoerotic bath scenes.
Unbeknownst to Eragon, his hometown of Carvahall is being ruined by a band of Galbatorix's soldiers, and his newly-engaged cousin Roran may be their only hope. And our hero's truncated training leads to strange new changes in his body and mind, as he prepares for a devastating new battle against Galbatorix -- and a horrifying new discovery about Murtagh. Yes, you can probably see it coming.
Lofty elves, kings-in-waiting, humble farm boys, ghastly goblinesque creatures, mystical women, special swords, evil tyrants who are evil because they just are, wise mentors, and telepathic dragons in a variety of colors. Christopher Paolini never met a fantasy cliche that he didn't like. And rather than growing as a writer since his bestselling debut, Paolini seems to have regressed.
In particular, he starts writing like every schoolboy who ever wanted to be Tolkien -- his prose becomes bloated, sluggish and painfully smug, with dialogue that becomes more painfully wretched with each chapter ("I walk between the candle and the dark"). The story is wrenched out into three different storylines, two of which deal with the Varden's lace-making and Roran's engagement woes. Neither is terribly interesting, and the battle at the finale feels as though Paolini slapped it on to give it a suitably slam-bang ending.
Worst of all, the book's bulk is devoted mostly to Eragon's uneventful dragon-riding training with Oromis, which consists mostly doing yoga and watching insects, and occasionally whapping each other with swords. Yes, it's every bit as boring as it sounds. And the hilariously homoerotic moments with Eragon and Oromis only liven it up a little.
The biggest problem with Paolini's writing is that Eragon is portrayed as a noble, brave, compassionate soul with a brilliant destiny ahead of him. Well, frankly he shows no nobility, bravery or compassion, and even has the gall to whine to a dying elf about how his life is ruined because he has a back scar. And his abrupt transformation into an ultra-handsome half-elf late in the book does not make him any more impressive.
In short, he's a glaring self-insert, with all the dimension of a cardboard standee. Sadly the other characters aren't much better: Roran comes across as mentally unstable and the elf queen is too immature and whiny. Oromis has a certain fascination, but he's used mainly to glorify eragon. And the love interest Arya is glorified only for her looks -- which is all she has, since this book establishes her as snotty, cold-blooded and a smug anti-religious bigot.
Christopher Paolini had some promising ideas, but a ghastly hero and overblown writing turn those ideas into the painfully bloated carcass of "Eldest." Lightweight fantasy at best, but a painful salad of cliched preaching at worst.
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Great Story - Vivid Descriptions, Nov. 5 2008
Great Story, I was saddened when it took so long for the next story to be released, but now it will be broken into two more parts. I can't wait to see what else Mr. Paolini will bring out as he matures in age and creativity.
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Paolini's Disappointment, Mars 31 2008
When I heard that Christopher's Eldest had come to stores, the book found itself in my hands right away. Excitement rushed through me as I thought of reading the sequel of Eragon which I found to be a glamorous fantasy novel. Although the overall plot of Eldest unravelled to be quite interesting, disappointment shadows me when I discover that Paolini could have worked a bit more on the book.
A major portion of the book took place through much of Eragon's training, this bored me. Through those many chapters readers did learn about the traditional ways of elven life. However, readers will slowly become fatigued by reading the many tasks that Eragon recieves and how he continues to fail them. The author used too much detail to express all the techniques used by Eragon's mentor; Oromis for his training. When Paolini wrote these chapters, he missed an important rule when writing books. When writing a sequel; an author must always remember to create great and captivating wrting to meet the expectations of his/her fans. By trying to express Eragon's training too much, Paolini presumably had lost the interest of many of his readers. Many copies of Eldest are probably are lying around in homes, not read completely but abandoned. Paolini should have abbreviated the training into one or two chapters. All the important parts can be mentioned specifically but the rest should be mentioned generelly. Hence, Christopher Paolini should have added details to the enthusiastic parts of the book rather than the insignificant parts (like Eragon's training). Otherwise, readers will no longer be engaged in his book.
I noticed that Eragon and Saphira were too involved in romance. Their constant thoughts of love often irritated me. They frequently forget the war that raged on around them! I felt uneasy reading the many differences betweeen the personality traits of the main characters of Eragon and the same main characters in Eldest. In Eragon, Saphira is somewhat a wise being but in Eldest, she becomes a bit more childish. She often admits herself to her love for Glaeder; the other golden dragon. I find it that the fans of ERagon would be displeased with that kind of foolishness from Saphira. Paolini must constantly remember that his readers now have greater expectations for the characters when reading his second book. I also find no logic when Paolini has Eragon in his love mood at a time when he is training for the fate of Alagaesia. Readers will see that Paolini has played too much with the romantic affairs of the characters. This impacts the book in a negative way.
Through the many explanations of the elves in Eldest, readers can notice how the elves impersonate Tolkien's elves. A major portion of the book is like a duplication of Tolkien's work. To me, Paolini's elven society proves to imitate the elves in Lord of the Rings. In Eldest, we see the great beauty of the elves, their glorious wisdom, their superiority and a few more characteristics. all these are congruous trauts to the elves of Tolkien. Finally; I believe that Paolini should have modified the elves to make it unique from Lord of the Rings.
Even though Paolini may have bored a portion of the story, played too deep with romance and imitate Tolkien's work, there is some good to the book. Overall, the storyline was somewhat captivating. Readers will find an interesting plot twist at the end. The main idea of Eldest proved to be quite good and alluring At the end, readers will see that if Paolini worked more on his writing style, the book may have been more sensational.
In final analysis, the book was structured and written poorer than expected by readers. Paolini's main idea shines in its brilliance, but he forgets where the details should have been added, he adds romance at illogical times and some of his ideas were a substitution of Lord of the Rings. All in all, good story, not as good structure or writing.
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Une suite à la hauteur !, Janv. 29 2008
Un deuxième tome qui aura grandement rempli mes attentes me surprenant même par la maturité de l'auteur, il faut dire aussi que Paolini sera passé de 15 à 21 ans entre le début du premier tome et la fin du second, de quoi permettre un grand changement de style et une belle évolution du texte...
Le tout commencera avec un retour au source à Carvehall et l'histoire de Roran qui sera mêlé bien malgré lui à cette grande lutte entre le bien et le mal, d'ailleurs il ne saura pas avant un bon moment pourquoi il est entrainé dans tout cela... il ne fera donc que se sauver pour ensuite se défendre et entrainé tout le village entier à sa suite pour qu'il puisse survivre, d'aventures en aventures ils réussiront l'impensable et deviendront une légende... le premier village a avoir oser se soulever contre l'empire et Galbatorix et surtout à avoir réussit à s'extirper de ses griffes...
Durant ce temps Eragon et Saphira seront chez les Nains à finaliser les derniers détails de leur nouvelle vie et obligations, allégeance sera faite aux Vardens en même temps qu'il acceptera de devenir frère de sang d'un des clans Nain et ce juste avant de partir pour Ellesméra la patrie Elfe... Que d'obligations pour un jeune dragonnier qui ne connaît encore rien du monde...
Arrivé chez les Elfes il commencera ses études et fera de nombreuses découvertes fort surprenantes, d'ailleurs le gros des surprises se passeront chez eux de son maître en passant par Arya qui la repoussera à maintes reprises à la fête des dragons qui changera à jamais son visage, de l'apprentissage de la gramarie et bien d'autre chose... Un univers à part du reste du monde sera sa demeure pour de nombreuses semaines et lui permettra d'évoluer fortement et de passer de la fougue de la jeunesse à l'humilité de l'élève qui sait qu'il lui en reste encore beaucoup à apprendre...
Viendra le moment de partir pour aller défendre les Vardens dans une lutte sans merci contre l'empire, une lutte qui sera le couronnement de biens des efforts pour les 3 races qui auront tout miser sur un seul et même homme... L'histoire ne se déroulera pas du tout comme cela avait été prévu, la bataille sera gagné et perdue en même temps... De nombreuses surprises seront dévoilés et la douleur sera de la partie... difficile de dire dans de telles conditions qui gagnera vraiment cette guerre... le tome 3 risque fort bien d'être enlevant avec les nombreuses questions qui sont restées en suspens dans ce volume... Vivement qu'il soit traduit !
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entertaining, but predictable, Déc 24 2007
while I enjoyed this installment, I was disappointed with the predictability of the story line. From the opening scenes, I was reasonably certain of many of the major elements of the storyline. It was an entertaining read, and I'm looking forward to the final installment, but I found this book to be less captivating than Eragon and entirely too predictable.
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Empire, Eldest, Eragon, Sep 29 2007
I've already read the first two books. And I ever since I've read them, I always went through the possibilities that could happen to Eragon in every possible ways. And I hope in Empire, the third egg hatches for Eragon. I think I read that the king got a second egg after he had lost the first one. And that means that two eggs can hatch for a same person. Except in Eragon's position, he didn't lose his dragon. But still, it would be exciting and would be fastinating to see Eragon and Saphira with another dragon. I always thought the dragon would be green, and now I think about it, it can be white too. Like it said the first dragon rider's name was Eragon, but he had a white male dragon. Or so I thought I read. And it would be cool if he had a white dragon and a blue one. But than, I know it will probably be something else. Like another person gets the egg and it goes on and on. But almost everybody thinks that. I jope the author comes up with an interesting story. Anyways, I will still love the book. I love almost every book I read. No matter how boring it is.
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It is what it claims to be., Aoû 27 2007
To all of those trashing this book in the reviews, I sincerely think that you are missing the point of the story and the book in general. This isn't intended to be the next greatest piece of human literature, this trilogy is intended to be a fantasy piece for children's and teens' imaginations. Unlike many other books in that fashion, it also happens to succeed as an interesting fantasy tale that can make for enjoyable light reading for adults who still possess a little imagination.
Certainly the first and second book both draw on many elements from other fantasy and sci-fi stories, but it is the exceptionally rare author that can truly create a unique work that steps forth into such new territory that a reasonably well read reader can't make many comparisons to past literary works. When that rare author creates that rare book, it becomes a classic and it spawns generations of works that draw upon it for inspiration (i.e. The Lord of the Rings).
Bottom Line: This book (and series) is an interesting and enjoyable read that can be shared by parents and children alike. And given the youth of the author, I believe that he may well one day write a classic and truly innovative work as this is a darn fine early effort. Readers who are truly disappointed with this series either lack an imagination, or are such literary snobs as to believe that anything short of the marquee work in each genre is not worthy of their time.
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Better than the first, Jui 25 2007
When I first got Eldest from the library, it was simply because I am starved to find fantasy that will last me a long time without being to offensive. I hadn't been overly impressed by Eragon. Well, I was pleasantly surprise. Eldest is much better than Eragon, mainly because Paolini partially departs from the Star Wars plot and uses his own imagination, which is a very good one. However, there were two main problems. One: Paolini couldn't seem to balance his tension. This was not a book that I was so dying to read that I would read it every chance I got, at least, not for a while. I would either find Eragon's story interesting and be bored with the tediousness of Roran's "oh-I-love-Katrina-whatever-shall-I-do" stuff, or I would get sick of the elves and want to hear more about pira-er, commandeering ships. Two: Problems seemed to be solved too conveniently, especially when he was made perfect. I think it would have been a much more interesting journey for Eragon to learn to deal with the scar on his back, or somehow harness his pain, then for it to be suddenly cured by a magic tattoo. Other examples include the fact that whenever Roran had a problem, a magical solution would always present itself. I give this book a star for Saphira, a star for the elves, a star for Angela and Solembom, and a star for the lace-awesome idea, and Nasuada and Eragon should end up together.
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I really want to know what happens next :), Avril 1 2007
"Eldest", second book in Christopher Paolinis "Inheritance" triology, picks up where "Eragon" ended, and allows us to know what is going to happen with Eragon, Saphira and their friends, and what they will need to do in order to survive the wrath of king Galbatorix. If you havent read the first book in the series, please do so before tackling this one. You can understand what happens in "Eldest" without having read "Eragon", but I think you will not enjoy what happens half as much.
Now, my opinion regarding "Eldest". Truth to be told, I loved the first book in the series, but I liked this one even more. From my point of view, Paolini manages to make Eragons world more believable, without letting the magic go. That doesnt mean that this book is perfect, or that it doesnt have some scenes that are somewhat slow. All the same, I think it deserves 5 stars because it is the kind of book you cannot stop reading once you start, the kind of book that makes you wish you could read the final book of the triology instead of having to wait for it.
What is new in "Eldest", then? Well, Eragon has to travel to Ellesmera (the land of the Elves), in order to continue his training as a dragon raider. Along the way he will meet some new friends and foes, and discover new information about people he already knew. Also, the author introduces an alternative point of view in the story, that of Roran, Eragons cousin. Roran and Eragon are far from each other, and must to face different challenges and enemies, but they have something in common: some chapters of "Eldest" will be about Eragons adventures, and others about what is happening to Roran and his followers. As if that were not enough, we will discover two more dragon riders, and learn about what happened to Murtagh and Eragons mother.
Of course, that are just some of the things you will find in "Eldest". The more important reason to read it is the opportunity to immerse you once again in the adventures of Eragon and Saphira, and become a dragon rider yourself, if only for a few hours. Highly recommended !
Belen Alcat
PS: To Christopher Paulini --> Please hurry up with the last book in this triology, I really want to know what happens next :)
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As gripping as the first!, Janv. 14 2007
I had bought the second book a few days after it came out and honestly I forgot all about it until the movie came out. then I decided it was time I read the book. It was during the vacations and I was a bit depressed after a hard session at school. So I started reading the book and while Eragon was training to be a dragon rider I could almost see myself struggling in my own classes. There is one passage where Eragon wants to give up and his teacher encourages him to continue and that passage really boosted my spirit as well... I read sometimes when I'm feeling depressed and it helps me... This section is intersting because we also see what Roran goes through as well, something Paolini could have left aside but didn't (thank god)... So I liked it and honestly I can, wait t read the third book!
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