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Title: Not worth the money
Review: I've read hundreds of fantasy books and this is definitely the worst I've had the misfortune to read. Instead of reading this poorly conceived knock-off, I recommend that young readers check out Anne McCaffrey's Dragonsong trilogy, Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea series, Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain series, Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series, or if you like SciFi, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series.I found Eragon to be a simplistic reworking of stories/themes. It is sad that the publisher's of the 21st century are playing it "safe", like most modern entertainment, and giving us nothing new. I was surprised that Anne McCaffrey endorsed this book. She writes "pulp fiction" fantasy too, but hers is much better. He even takes the name "Eragon", which is very similar to a character in her book, The Skies of Pern, named Erragon.I've never returned a book for my money back, so this was a first.
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