Lets See...Predictable, Ripped Off...could it be Eldest?
Yes, I suppose it could be. I must say that all these inarticulate people posting mind-numbingly poor reviews is really annoying me. If you want to review a book, learn how to use the English language! In any case, now that my gripes are over, on to Eldest. My main problem with this book is the horrible predictability. Mutargh is Eragon's brother. Wow, really? I hope you didn't expect this to suprise us, most intelligent people had figured it out three quarters of the way through the first book. The slightly slower of us had it clinched at the end of the first with Eragon's scar. Why don't you have his mother's ghost turn up while you are at it? The second predictable problem is the fact that Mutargh(spelling?) is not dead. Lets see, you killed the leader of the Varden, the Twins, and Mutargh(spelling?) in five sentences. Ajihad is the only person left behind, dead. Lets see...the obviously evil Twins, killed by Urgals....Riigghttt...sure they were. Mutargh, son of Morzan, killed? Killing off a main leader in five sentences is bad form, but a main character? Please. Even a five-year old could see most of the 'plot-twists' coming. Or the future results of such 'plot-twists.' Now I have noticed that many people have been saying how Eldest has been ripped off from Star Wars Episode III. This did not occur to me at time of reading, but perhaps that is because I am not a major Star Wars fan. I don't know. I can certainly tell you the similarities, I will tell you that. Yes, I can see the paralells. Come on, Eragon! Feel the Force! I say that because there is one section in which Eragon meditates and 'senses' the life of everything around him. All he needs to do now is say 'I sense a disturbance in the Force,' and it will be complete Star Wars rip-off. One does not have to be in outer-space with lasers to rip off a storyline. Please, fellow reviewers. Understand this. There was only one mild suprise in the book, and that was the identity of his mentor. But I won't spoil that for you. His infatuation with Arya was also becoming oh so tiresome. Now I come to the major plot hole. Mutargh(spelling?) has no magic. Yet his magic is very powerful when they meet each other. I can almost imagine the author pausing at this point and saying something along the lines of this: 'Oh no! I said Mutargh didn't have any magic in the first book! I'm gonna have to find a major loophole to explain this one! Uh...Galbatorix gets stronger because his dragon grows stronger with age and they share magic...ok...nobody is gonna remember that, so lets just say he augments his own power with 'forbidden and ancient' magic that he uncovered when he came to power. Yes, this rather standard Rider...but nobody will remember that either. Lets give that to Mutargh!' I say the above, because sometimes I really do question what the author thinks of his readers. He must really think that we are all rather unintelligent. In finality, Eldest is not a book I would like to buy. Appealling to young readers who care for nothing but big battles, unappealling to people who actually want an intelligent read without mistakes, with unpredictable plot-twists, and without gaping plot holes. I rest my case. Read this mediocre work at your own risk.
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