Chris' thoughts on - Eragon

Now, my friend Kristen didn't like this book so much. After hearing her thoughts on the book, I reread it and saw what she meant. However, I didn't think it was quite as bad as she told me. In fact I'm a huge fan of the series, and couldn't put it down after picking it up, even as I was rereading it. The book takes place at a medieval Era of an alternate world. The book seemed to really show you the ropes from the get-go, and was easy to read. Some people don't like that in a book, but I found it refreshing. It's too late to truly recall my first impressions of the book, but I think what pulled me in were the names. Eragon, Roran, Arya, Durza, to the more complicated Galbatorix (Which I only recently understood how to pronounce.) and they all have that exotic ring to them! On a closer look, More of the names made sense. For example, Hitler's idea of the perfect group of humans were those having blond hair and blue eyes. He called them the "Aryan race." In the books, Arya is an elf, burdened with the task of protecting the last free dragon egg. The author makes it known that she is extremely pretty, and a very powerful magician and sword fighter. I really liked this book, enough to go out and buy the entire series. No matter what Kristen says, (And she can be very forceful.) This book will always remain a favorite of mine.