✨ A ✨ 's Reviews > Eragon

Almost everyone knows how this story goes. Eragon finds a huge egg in the forest but thinks it is just a precious stone — that is until it hatches and a dragon emerges. Dragons and their riders have been iradicated from the empire by the evil king Galbatorix. Eragon thinks he can keep his dragon, Saphira, a secret, but when the King sends the deadly Raz'ac to find and capture him and Saphira he realises that he has put his whole town in danger. Eragon now has to live on the run from the empire or join the resistance.


What really surprised me was how angsty Eragon is in this book. I don't remember him being like that in the other books or maybe I just didn't pick up on it. I didn't mind it though. To be honest the protagonists of today's YA books are written so mature and level headed. A lot of the time too much so where it's almost unbelievable. I didn't mind that Eragon didn't always think before he acted, or that he felt that the world and fate was against him. These are the actions of a 15 y/o boy.

Eragon can sometimes be reckless but Saphira is wise even though she basically hatched 6 months before. Saphira is one of my favourite characters. I love that she is so protective of Eragon, their bond is really beautiful.

I had fun with this book. A lot of things that are revealed in the next two books have clues in this one. It was really cool picking up on hints that I probably would not have noticed had I not known what happens next. I'm excited to move on to rereading Eldest and hopefully making my way through this brilliant series.

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My reviews of:

2: Eldest
3: Brisingr