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Title: Flat
Review: For a 16 year old author, this is an excellent beginning. Given time and experience I am sure Paolini will be someone to watch. However, there is a lack of maturity to the style of this novel which leaves its characters flat and often not very interesting. The main character too often follows advice because someone else "says so." As a reader, it is too easy see where the story is headed, who the good/bad guys are and how each conflict is going to be resolved. Eragon, the main character, trusts those who give him advice, and that advice is generally always sound. There is little true suspense and the story is absolutely linear. "Go here, do this, see so and so, get next quest, do it, etc."
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