Amy Leigh Reads

*SEMI-SPOILERY THOUGHTS AHEAD*

Rereading Eragon for the first time in years and years was an interesting experience. I still really enjoyed the book and it brought back all of the nostalgic feelings I wanted however, this wasn’t as thrilling and exciting as I remembered. I liked the way we’re learning about the world and magic system along with Eragon, but too much time was spent on the travelling portion of the book and not enough was spent at each location in my opinion. The initial chase to find the Ra’zac was enough and I wish we could of skipped a lot of the other travelling scenes. The time they spent at Dras-Leona and Gil’ead felt rushed and then they were back travelling again for weeks at a time. Eragon can be a bit hyper-focused and selfish at times, Murtagh told him time and time again that he didn’t want to end up at the Varden and he dismissed him every time until it was too late. That bugged me a lot and had he actually listened and planned out a proper escape for Murtagh after he helped him out so much his whole trajectory and plotline in the subsequent novels could of been very different. I think he does kind of learn from his mistakes though and is starting to see how his decisions are starting to affect those around him. All in all this was still a 4 star read for me, I can’t get over how much I loved this book growing up and how this kind of cemented my love for fantasy books and I can’t wait to continue on with the rest of the series!