Eragon

Inheritance, Book 1

De: Christopher Paolini

Narrado por: Gerard Doyle

Don’t miss the eagerly anticipated epic new fantasy from Christopher Paolini—Murtagh!

A new adventure hatches in Book One of the Inheritance Cycle, perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings! This New York Times bestselling series has sold over 40 million copies and is an international fantasy sensation.

"Christopher Paolini is a true rarity." —The Washington Post

When fifteen-year-old Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

Overnight his simple life is shattered, and, gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire.
©2003 Christopher Paolini; (P)2002 Random House, Inc., Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

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Praise for The Inheritance Cycle:

A #1 New York Times Bestseller
A #1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller
A #1 USA Today Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller

"An authentic work of great talent." –New York Times Book Review

"Paolini is a spellbinding fantasy writer." –The Boston Globe

"A breathtaking and unheard of success." –USA Today

“Christopher Paolini make[s] literary magic.” –People

“Will appeal to legions of readers who have been captivated by the Lord of the Rings trilogy.” –School Library Journal

Praise for Eragon:

“The new ‘It’ book of children’s lit.” –U.S. News & World Report

“Unusual, powerful, fresh, and fluid.” –Booklist, Starred

"The author takes the near-archetypes of fantasy fiction and makes them fresh and enjoyable, chiefly through a crisp narrative and a likable hero." –Publisher's Weekly

Fun fantasy but ending leaves you hanging

This is a nice book to read/listen to for its adventure and fantasy. It has all the elements - potential love, fighting, mystical creatures and a coming of age. However, when coming to the end of the book, the reader/listener finds that there are many unanswered questsions, i.e. it is book one in a series (if the writer continues it) and so one is left hanging on some basic questions that have been posed since the beginning of the book. My personal feeling is that this was a great deal of time spent listening to a book that is not completed but only hints at a possible book to come. The ending is something like a teaser for a new movie...stayed tuned to what happens next. I find myself feeling a bit cheated. It is worth the read/listen as long as you know there that this is a serial story that is not concluded with this book.

One of the best books I've heard in over a year...

Gripping tale, incredible narration and compelling characters all add up to an amazingly entertaining book. My wife and I couldn't turn it off. Now is the agony that always accompanies a wait for a sequel. As for complaints about this book being too much like Lord of the Rings, I call a foul. All this book shares in common with LOTR is a similar pronounciation of the main characters name (Eragon)to that of Aragorn, so what! The characters are nothing alike and the story is wildly different.

Why does Saphira's voice sound like a sick toad?!

I'm a fan of the story. (Basically Star Wars character archetypes in a Fantasy context.)
But the narration has me grieved. Doyle does a very good job with the human characters, but his Saphira is so rough and gravely that she sounds always like a sick toad... I mean frog. I understand how one might assume that the voice of a large lizard would sound rough to our ears but why would it sound rough in Eregon's head? Their dialogue is always internal! It also contradicts the sense of gracefulness and grandeur and wisdom that the author is building into Saphira. But the big problem with this, besides how grating it is to listen to, is that it is very difficult to convey the nuances of her emotions. She ends up being very one-dimensional. Similarly the ware-cat Solembaum's voice is performed in a growling gravel, which is a smaller problem since his dialogue is a much smaller percentage of the book, but his character suffers just as much. And he sounds almost identical to Saphira.
This deficiency is enough to make me seriously question whether I will purchase the subsequent audiobooks.

Couldn't Put My Finger On It...

Throughout this book, something seemed wrong. That's not to say that I didn't immensly enjoy it, I found certain scenes and references "inmature". It didn't hit me until I went to write this review and had the opportunity to read other reviews that I found out that the author is a teenager.

Others reviewed how it seemed to copy other stories and I did find that it smacked of something familiar, but it wasn't that big a deal. Most books lift little bits of other ideas to make a whole new general idea. If I had to put a finger on something that bothered me, I'd say it was the writing style. The author seems to go off on digressions of detail that are overly descriptive of things that don't matter to the story.

The rollercoaster descriptions of personal feelings and emotions are way overdone in many instances. Perhaps reflecting a little of the author's own maturity? Instead of trusting us to grasp certain facets, they're pounded into us. However, all this is minor to the excellent use of imagry and story telling. I was lost in the whole story from beginning to end. It isn't Tolkien and it isn't Harry Potter by a long shot, but it is a good story to switch your brain off reality for awhile.

Excellent!

I adored this when it first came out and have read it multiple times since. Seeing it was on audio made me extremely happy and I saved up my credits to get all 4. Well, listening to this made me love the book all over again! On reading it, the Dwarfish language and unfamiliar names had me skimming those bits, but actually hearing it out loud was amazing!

Gerard Doyle was phenomenal. This guy can preform!! His range of tones and voices for each character was truly impressive and he brought this book alive. Though if I had one complaint, and it was tiny, it was that I wanted Saphira to sound a little more female, though I did love how he made the Dragons sound!!

A Brilliant story brought to life in the best way by an exceptional narrator.