content: this book is a major acomplishment for a 15-16 year old, but so much stuff is ripped off of LOTR. It's really predictable and you can see what will happen chapters early if you are 13+ years old. what really bugs me is that Paolini describes EVERY SINGLE THING in the book. i mean, do we really NEED to know what all the unimportant characters look like with so much choppy detail??? also, sometimes the characters speak like it's Middle Earth, and sometimes they speak like it's Today.