I don't exactly hate it - I've read all the books so far, and I'll probably read the last - but it annoys me.knight steel said:Sounds good i need another good read [i love books have read all of the HP books 3 times, LOTR books 2 times etc....]. Just out of curiosity why does every one seem to dislike the Eragon books?Bobbity said:Haha, it's not that important, but if you're looking for a new book to read sometime soon, try the Wizard of Earthsea. It's where the Ancient Language and the true names of things in the Eragon books came from, and it's a very good read.knight steel said:I'm sorry i got it from Christopher Paolina Eragon book, who's Ursula Le Guin?Bobbity said:Please please pretty please tell me that you're referring to the works of Ursula Le Guin, and not Christopher Paolina. Please please please please.knight steel said:Find out gods true name for with a name you can control that person/object completely ^_^.
OT: I like the Terry Pratchett/Raymond Feist approach. Remove or kill off all the worshippers, and the gods become totally powerless.
A lot of people take issue with CP's use of purple prose, but that doesn't bother me so much. The thing that really does bother me is that it's so obviously plagiarized, everywhere you look.
Roran is a carbon copy of Perrin from the Wheel of Time series, the Ancient language is taken from Ursula Le Guin's work, the flaming blue sword, and an entire chapter, are copied out of the works of David Eddings, and the plot is pretty much Star Wars. There are a few more things, but essentially, that's the pattern.[footnote]Not to mention Tolkien, but plagiarizing the Lord of the Rings seems to be pretty much the norm for fantasy these days :S[/footnote]
It doesn't detract from the work itself, which is enjoyable, if not great, but it is annoying that the author has sold a ludicrous number of so obviously plagiarized books.
There's an article about it here - http://telpenori.blogspot.com/2007/02/paolini-and-plagiarism_28.html - if you want to read more, but I don't blame you if you don't.
Anyway, and much more importantly, read the Wizard of Earthsea!