I admit that âEragonâ strike a chord with me when I first came upon its summary on the newspaper during my last year of High School. I finally obtained a copy during my freshmen year of college (I actually printed it out of the College Computer Lab, all 200 pages of it). However, I put it aside after several chapters when I was sidetracked with something else. Recently I acquired a copy (the actual book) via Paperbackswap.com and it all came to me that the novel contains numerous of clinches that it should be sue for plagiarism.
Obviously Paolini was imitating Tolkien's style when he attempted to create languages and elvish, however it obviously couldn't compare to Tolkien's Sindarin or Quenya. Upon reading other reviews from the web, I also noticed that Paolini copy large amount of âStarwarsâ too. The writing style is also dull and dry, with childish solutions to seems impossible tasks (such as rescuing Eragon from the prison of the Capital City).
Understandable, the author wrote most of the story while he was 15 and 16 (as the book proudly stated), however I failed to see how it gain so much fame and there is actually a large database for him. Aside from that, it seems that the fame had gone over the young author's head, in a interview he said that he âstrives to achieve Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf and Tolkien at his bestâ in his âEragonâ as quoted from Anthony Tardiff, owner of âHard Sayingsâ, while he also statement âthat one of the pleasures of reading Harry Potter is getting to see Rowling mature as a writerâ. Such arrogance. Pity.
The book seem overly boring after I have read many other great novels, I actually skipped last 90 pages or so.
Obviously Paolini was imitating Tolkien's style when he attempted to create languages and elvish, however it obviously couldn't compare to Tolkien's Sindarin or Quenya. Upon reading other reviews from the web, I also noticed that Paolini copy large amount of âStarwarsâ too. The writing style is also dull and dry, with childish solutions to seems impossible tasks (such as rescuing Eragon from the prison of the Capital City).
Understandable, the author wrote most of the story while he was 15 and 16 (as the book proudly stated), however I failed to see how it gain so much fame and there is actually a large database for him. Aside from that, it seems that the fame had gone over the young author's head, in a interview he said that he âstrives to achieve Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf and Tolkien at his bestâ in his âEragonâ as quoted from Anthony Tardiff, owner of âHard Sayingsâ, while he also statement âthat one of the pleasures of reading Harry Potter is getting to see Rowling mature as a writerâ. Such arrogance. Pity.
The book seem overly boring after I have read many other great novels, I actually skipped last 90 pages or so.
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