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Title: Eragon is cubic zirconia
Review: After hearing this book built up as the next coming of Tolkien, I was disappointed and disturbed to actually read it. It was like being invited to a party and told that there would be an amazing diamond on display, only to find cubic zirconia. There's a little bit of sparkle here and there, but the sparkle is all easily recognizable as having been taken from elsewhere--WHEEL OF TIME, DRAGONRIDERS, and, of course, LOTR. Etc. It's kind of disturbing that so many people seem to be fine with that. I presume that many don't know because they haven't read Robert Jordan etc? What's good about this book is imitation, and what's so-so and even boring about it is the way it's written. Anyway, this is cubic zirconia being passed off as diamonds, and it isn't worth the hype it's been getting.
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