Eldest (Inheritance #2)

Reader reviewed by Kody Boye

Eldest, the newest and most anticipated book of 2005, along with the sixth Harry Potter, made me convince my parents to buy it for me, which they did. It took me a while to read this one, but it was a great read. I read at least two or three chapters a day. Another excellent piece by Paolini and I cannot wait for the third and final book to come out.

Reader reviewed by Carmen

Eldest....I would not say that this book was better than Eragon...but at least as good. In other words...I LOVED IT!!! Eragon travels to Ellesmera, land of the elves, to complete his Dragon Rider training.
Opens with a turn and ends with a twist!!! Oh and in this sequal we not only find out about what Eragon is up to, but also his cousin, Roran. Please READ ERAGON FIRST! If you don't then it is probably very hard to understand...
I know you'll love it!!!
Carmen

Reader reviewed by james otway(slim shady)

this is the second book that CP has done. it appeals to all ages that have been captivated by books like lord of the rings or harry potter.I think that this is the best book you could read.In this book you find our hero going to the land of the elves with saphira and arya the elf to complete is rider training.He also finds out the the woman of nobel birth that he would fall in love with that angela the witch talked about is arya.He also finds another dragon rider and his golden dragon.They teach him as much as they can before he must leave to help the varden with the soon fight but when he is attaked by another rider and he finds out it is murtagh whom he thought dead and it turns out that murtagh is his brother.Even though this book takes elements from other stories it is still different and an excellent book and even though i am only twelve i think that this will really appeal to all ages so read this book becuase it is wonderful.

Reader reviewed by Fantasy Reader

Let me start by saying Paolini has clearly improved since the last book. This will be a pretty short review seeing as how I have just skimmed through it, if you have not yet read to book I suggest you do before reading this, because I will give away a few vague but important clues. The first book Eragon, I thought was a fusion of Star Wars, Dragonriders of Pern, and Lord of the Rings(some people may not know this, but there is an older book called the Serpents Egg by a different author who use the name Ellesmere for a place), and don't get me wrong so is Eldest, but the story is relly getting interesting. For example, it is really fun trying to find parellels in Star Wars and Inheritence like, if Brom is Obi-Wan, who is Leila? But this book clearly follow the outline of The Empire Strikes back, from the early battle to the Jedi/Dragonrider training to the confrontation with Vader/Murtagh.

I think Paolini needs to be more subtle with the clues he give; in Eragon, the witch Angela says he will fall in love with someone of noble birth, I think an elven princess falls under that catagory. She says he will be betrayed by a kin, doesn't take a professor to figure out who once we know Murtagh is his brother. And some one is betraying the Varden, the twins seem way too obvious, I figured out before Eragon ended who was doing it.

But still, this was a great book, but then again, I am a star wars, Dragonriders of Pern, LOTR fan. I really hope Paolini follows the plot for Return of the Jedi on his third book.