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IT is actually a very good book, This coming from someone who reads only fantasy. just because you don't like it doesnt give you a right to knock what others view as a great book.
"coming from someone who reads only fantasy" There's your problem right there.
I read the mix and in all honesty this book is really good. If you don't think so then maybe you should take into account that the author, Christopher Paolini, was sixteen when he wrote these books. Though, definitely not discrediting the Inheritance Cycle, I feel as though that is one of the many reason that the majority of people reading this cycle are of a younger age group. Myself? Well, I read these books when I was 12 and loved them. Why? Probably because it was my first "real" taste of "fantasy". It was written in a way I understood, yet made me feel all sophisticated and scholar like because it had bing worlds in it, more than 300 hundred pages, and had a map to boot. (including the fact that it probably had the best plot line that I'd ever experienced at that point in time.)
Well, yeah, I read it when I was 12 and like it too, big deal. However, if you read this as an adult and still like it, and don't see the glaring copypasta from Star Wars and LOTR than I feel sorry for you, whoever or wherever you are. And btw, Alexander Pope wrote Essay on Criticism when he was 20 and Pablo Neruda wrote most of his Nobel Prize-winning poems when he was 19, so I don't think age can be an excuse here, considering this series' fans gushing about it like it was the Second Coming of Christ. And actually, just because I don't like it, I have the complete and inalienable write to say how much shit it is, that's what freedom of speech means. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall
It was average, ok entertainment, but the second book was so bad that I had to abandon it
Vladimir Stamenov
*quotes Evelyn Beatrice Hall*
*uses the word 'inalienable'*
*says it's his "write"*
HAHAHAHAH, this, my friend, is just sad.
Someone whose favourite books include Maze Runner, Stone Cold, a children's edition of Huckleberry Finn and who has rated Eragon 4 stars saying that me, OH MY GOD, MISSPELLING a word (THE HUMANITY!!!) is sad? Priceless.
I don't know where you got 4 stars for Eragon. I actually agree with your review. I'm just pointing out that you sound like a pretentious teenager.
I'm annoying like that :)
And i don't really give that you consider yourself above classical books and eye opening novels about homeless people. Or that my favorite childhood books irritate you. :)
Classic books =! children's editions of classic books
And yeah, I accept any accusations in elitism without shame, even if they're not really grounded. Also, I would be a pretentious 20 year-old, although I hate the word pretentious, since it signifies pretending to be something that you're not or to like something that you don't, which isn't the case with me.
WOW. So I rated the wrong version of Huck Finn on Goodreads. Kill me for it, why don't you.
Everyone makes mistakes. Yours was just hilarious given your 'greater than thou' attitude.
And I'll give it to you, maybe pretentious was the wrong word.
Don't forget, you're the one who started this conversation with belligerence, I just responded. Have a nice day/night :)
Belligerence??? I was just lightening the mood after your snobbish little comment.
"HAHAHAHAH, this, my friend, is just sad. "
Sure.
Sir, you injure me with your conviction of my belligerence! :'(
Well, I certainly agree with this fella, I usually love fantasy and take great pleasure in reading this sort of book, but the plot for this was very un-original and just tremendously boring.
Okay first of all, you were kind of mean. You were 24 when you read it, great, but it wasn't meant for you. I read it when I was in 7th grade, it was meant for me. As a seventh grader, it was everything I wanted in a fantasy series and it was one I could enjoy because honestly, Lord of the Rings was a little over my head and my attention span. Additionally, it was written by a teenager if I'm recalling my history of the author correctly. *Checked, and yes I am recalling correctly, it was republished when he was 20, but originally self published by his parents when he was a teenager.* It's no better than my writing was when I was his age and I was three or four years younger than he was when I started writing.
Look, at 22 and looking back, I know it wasn't a great book, but I enjoyed it at the time. And compared to other books written for the same age group (10-15 years old) that were published around the same time (2003-2007), it was actually pretty good. So get off your elitest high horse and recognize that this was a book series for middle grade readers. It was read mostly by middle grade readers and into their high school years as they waited for new books to be released. It was enjoyed mostly by middle grade readers. The craptastic movie was a ploy to make money off of the parents of middle grade readers. My score on this book is a reflection of my view of it as a middle grade reader.
If you want to see what was on the market at the same time, I suggest reading the Vampire Plauge series, the Dragons of Deltora series, So You Want to be a Wizard? and its sequels, the Pendragon series, and recognize that these are the same things that were on the shelves at the same time as this book. These books were middle grade readers' other reads. Comparatively, this series was not only ambitious, but actually pretty good.
I object most strongly to this comment and would like to say I have a degree in literature and I thought that this was the best book series I have read since Harry Potter.
That's not true. This book is way too underrated in my opinion. It was VERY well written. I understand that some people just don't like the particular series, but I really loved it. No offense. It was just great.
I'm sorry, but this response is as condescending as can be. I assume he meant "great book" in a generic sense, as opposed to "Great Book".
Shut up Vladimir, u know nothing about reading a fine book :)))
@Trần Hoàng
Ok, random person with no books in their profile to back up their discerning opinion :D
"If you don't think so then maybe you should take into account that the author, Christopher Paolini, was sixteen when he wrote these books." How old someone is does not mean it has to be bad, either he didn't really care about outlining or about the book in general or should have worked on trying to be better at writing. I say this form someone who has read a lot of stories and a writer, I have token lots of advice over the years-worked on improvements because I care about it, fanfics all on sites that have them (and try hard on those too) and originals are originals (inspired by other books or some ideas from books).
For example, this wizard book has some ideas from Harry Potter with a TWIST. I twisted concepts to tell a different story, and it is a few, because I wanted to say something about society and more. It can be good but Paolini would have to try to tweak it and care about giving the readers something to THINK about than to try to FIGURE out, it isn't a compliment-some things in it are too confusing to get.
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IT is actually a very good book, This coming from someone who reads only fantasy. just because you don't like it doesnt give you a right to knock what others view as a great book.
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"coming from someone who reads only fantasy" There's your problem right there.
I read the mix and in all honesty this book is really good. If you don't think so then maybe you should take into account that the author, Christopher Paolini, was sixteen when he wrote these books. Though, definitely not discrediting the Inheritance Cycle, I feel as though that is one of the many reason that the majority of people reading this cycle are of a younger age group. Myself? Well, I read these books when I was 12 and loved them. Why? Probably because it was my first "real" taste of "fantasy". It was written in a way I understood, yet made me feel all sophisticated and scholar like because it had bing worlds in it, more than 300 hundred pages, and had a map to boot. (including the fact that it probably had the best plot line that I'd ever experienced at that point in time.)
Well, yeah, I read it when I was 12 and like it too, big deal. However, if you read this as an adult and still like it, and don't see the glaring copypasta from Star Wars and LOTR than I feel sorry for you, whoever or wherever you are. And btw, Alexander Pope wrote Essay on Criticism when he was 20 and Pablo Neruda wrote most of his Nobel Prize-winning poems when he was 19, so I don't think age can be an excuse here, considering this series' fans gushing about it like it was the Second Coming of Christ. And actually, just because I don't like it, I have the complete and inalienable write to say how much shit it is, that's what freedom of speech means. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall
It was average, ok entertainment, but the second book was so bad that I had to abandon it
Vladimir Stamenov*quotes Evelyn Beatrice Hall*
*uses the word 'inalienable'*
*says it's his "write"*
HAHAHAHAH, this, my friend, is just sad.
Someone whose favourite books include Maze Runner, Stone Cold, a children's edition of Huckleberry Finn and who has rated Eragon 4 stars saying that me, OH MY GOD, MISSPELLING a word (THE HUMANITY!!!) is sad? Priceless.
I don't know where you got 4 stars for Eragon. I actually agree with your review. I'm just pointing out that you sound like a pretentious teenager. I'm annoying like that :)
And i don't really give that you consider yourself above classical books and eye opening novels about homeless people. Or that my favorite childhood books irritate you. :)
Classic books =! children's editions of classic booksAnd yeah, I accept any accusations in elitism without shame, even if they're not really grounded. Also, I would be a pretentious 20 year-old, although I hate the word pretentious, since it signifies pretending to be something that you're not or to like something that you don't, which isn't the case with me.
WOW. So I rated the wrong version of Huck Finn on Goodreads. Kill me for it, why don't you. Everyone makes mistakes. Yours was just hilarious given your 'greater than thou' attitude.
And I'll give it to you, maybe pretentious was the wrong word.
Don't forget, you're the one who started this conversation with belligerence, I just responded. Have a nice day/night :)
Belligerence??? I was just lightening the mood after your snobbish little comment.
"HAHAHAHAH, this, my friend, is just sad. "Sure.
Sir, you injure me with your conviction of my belligerence! :'(
Well, I certainly agree with this fella, I usually love fantasy and take great pleasure in reading this sort of book, but the plot for this was very un-original and just tremendously boring.
Okay first of all, you were kind of mean. You were 24 when you read it, great, but it wasn't meant for you. I read it when I was in 7th grade, it was meant for me. As a seventh grader, it was everything I wanted in a fantasy series and it was one I could enjoy because honestly, Lord of the Rings was a little over my head and my attention span. Additionally, it was written by a teenager if I'm recalling my history of the author correctly. *Checked, and yes I am recalling correctly, it was republished when he was 20, but originally self published by his parents when he was a teenager.* It's no better than my writing was when I was his age and I was three or four years younger than he was when I started writing.Look, at 22 and looking back, I know it wasn't a great book, but I enjoyed it at the time. And compared to other books written for the same age group (10-15 years old) that were published around the same time (2003-2007), it was actually pretty good. So get off your elitest high horse and recognize that this was a book series for middle grade readers. It was read mostly by middle grade readers and into their high school years as they waited for new books to be released. It was enjoyed mostly by middle grade readers. The craptastic movie was a ploy to make money off of the parents of middle grade readers. My score on this book is a reflection of my view of it as a middle grade reader.
If you want to see what was on the market at the same time, I suggest reading the Vampire Plauge series, the Dragons of Deltora series, So You Want to be a Wizard? and its sequels, the Pendragon series, and recognize that these are the same things that were on the shelves at the same time as this book. These books were middle grade readers' other reads. Comparatively, this series was not only ambitious, but actually pretty good.
I object most strongly to this comment and would like to say I have a degree in literature and I thought that this was the best book series I have read since Harry Potter.
That's not true. This book is way too underrated in my opinion. It was VERY well written. I understand that some people just don't like the particular series, but I really loved it. No offense. It was just great.
I'm sorry, but this response is as condescending as can be. I assume he meant "great book" in a generic sense, as opposed to "Great Book".
Shut up Vladimir, u know nothing about reading a fine book :)))
@Trần Hoàng Ok, random person with no books in their profile to back up their discerning opinion :D
"If you don't think so then maybe you should take into account that the author, Christopher Paolini, was sixteen when he wrote these books." How old someone is does not mean it has to be bad, either he didn't really care about outlining or about the book in general or should have worked on trying to be better at writing. I say this form someone who has read a lot of stories and a writer, I have token lots of advice over the years-worked on improvements because I care about it, fanfics all on sites that have them (and try hard on those too) and originals are originals (inspired by other books or some ideas from books).For example, this wizard book has some ideas from Harry Potter with a TWIST. I twisted concepts to tell a different story, and it is a few, because I wanted to say something about society and more. It can be good but Paolini would have to try to tweak it and care about giving the readers something to THINK about than to try to FIGURE out, it isn't a compliment-some things in it are too confusing to get.
