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>> No.14600842
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14600842

Shit

>> No.14600843

Typical YA fantasy that only got popular because:
1. The author was young when it got published
2. Scholastic books fairs shilling it to children

>> No.14600844

>>14600824
Gutter trash

>> No.14600879

>>14600843
>>14600844
Other than lotr what fantasy series do you reccomend ya is fine so long as it is good.

>> No.14600880

Derivative and hard to stomach on a reread, but it was written by a literal highschooler. I respect it for that.

>> No.14600904

>>14600879
the westing game. It is not fantasy, but it is ya.

>> No.14600931

>>14600879
Lyonesse

>> No.14600941

the movies way better

>> No.14600943

>>14600824
Fun if you are under 12.

>> No.14600977

>>14600824
Good.

>> No.14601013

>>14600843
His parents were involved with publishing I think.

>> No.14601030

>>14600824
Star Wars for kids who like dragons instead of spaceships

>> No.14601062

>>14600879
Earthsea is great. Only read the first three books though, the other ones are lower quality.

>> No.14601381

>>14600824
I read it all in middle school. I thought it was good then, for what it's worth.

>> No.14601969

Every day I'm thankful I didn't peak at 17 like Paolini. The guy shit out the most derivative crap and spent his twenties defending it. Imagine if you were most well known for shit you wrote as a teenager. You'd curl up and die.

>> No.14602022

>>14601381
Same.

>> No.14602053

>>14600824
I kinda liked it back in the day, but i don't want to re read it and ruin my memories.

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>>14600879
Sword of shadows. I will shill this series until the day I die.

>> No.14602124

>>14600824
kid in my class used go get bullied for reading Eragon

>> No.14602763

Fragon is better

>> No.14602828

Everyone who read Eragon as a lil one should reread it. Shit is un fucking readable. Truly the worst prose I have ever consumed.

>> No.14602835

>>14601969
>I didn’t peak at 17
You probably did, it just wasn’t a very steep peak

>> No.14602883

Somebody got a link to that internet nerd who critics literally every sentence of the book?

>> No.14603772

>>14600824
I liked it when I read it around 15, I don't think I could stand it now. It's basically vanilla heroic fantasy and I have developed a distaste for anything Tolkienesque/Forgotten Realms-esque.

>> No.14604295

Bad combination of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.

>> No.14604450

>>14600843

His parents worked in publishing, too. This is basically Star Wars meets Dragon Riders of Pern fanfic.

>> No.14604474

>>14600824
practically the same plot as a new hope

>> No.14604696

I agree with most people here, if you're under 15 it's definitely a very fun read. Once you're older though I doubt it'll be enjoyable, haven't touched it in fear out of fear of ruining it for myself.

>>14600879

Gormenghast is honestly one of the most enjoyable trilogies I have read so far. Sadly Mervyn Peake had some mental health problems and went slightly crazy so it isn't (atleast to me) 100% clear what the 3rd book is even about

>> No.14604890

>>14600879
Fafhyrd and the grey mouser, conan, lyonesse, elric, amber

>> No.14604971

I liked it when I was a kid, it helped too that I was into all that medieval fantasy shit then

>> No.14604977

galbatorix is a cool name
fuck off

>> No.14605050

>>14600824
I specifically remember wondering why the people in this book were always eating such gross sounding food when I was a kid. That is all I remember about it. I didn't even know people ate canned beans raw until I read this.

>> No.14605190

>>14600879
Latro in the Mist

>> No.14605206

>>14604977
sounds like a runescape name
In fact, the runescape quests are written better than eragon

>> No.14605405

>>14600824 (OP)
read it when i was 12, thought it was pretty good. the final book was unbearable to read

>> No.14605430

>>14602055
I just started reading and I like it a lot, I had never even heard of it before, thanks!

>> No.14605504 [DELETED] 

>>14600824
You'd know if you read the <spoiler> sticky </spoiler>

>> No.14605516

You'd know if you read the <spoiler>sticky</spoiler>

>> No.14606526

>>14600824
>write book about kid who rides dragon
>name him "dragon" but with the first letter one more down the alphabet
Bravo, Paolini.

>> No.14607049

>name is a typo
Teeeerrrrash.

>> No.14607152

>>14600824
I remember liking it as a kid, then reading the second one when it came out and being bored to tears by it. Never read any of the rest, I was surprised there were so many sequels.

>> No.14608317

I enjoyed Eragon as a kid. Am I a simp?

>> No.14608633

>>14606526
unironically never realised this before

am I retarded??

>> No.14608658

>>14603772
>Tolkienesque

kys yourself

>> No.14608692

>>14608633
That can't be! I also didn't realize this even though I consider myself to be extremely intelligent. Therefore you must be very intelligent as well.

>> No.14608804

>>14608692
>>14608633
>33▶>>14608692
>>>14606526
E is right next to D so maybe he did mistype

>> No.14608965

>>14600824
pretty bad, but mostly harmless.

>> No.14608968

>>14600879
Fuck series. Read fairy tales and mythology.

>> No.14609298

>>14608658
W0t

>> No.14609364

>>14606526
Fugg. Didn't realize. Then again English isn't my main language.

>> No.14610042

>>14600879
Gormenghast is the best fantasy you’ll ever read. Lord Dunsany’s King of Elfland’s Daughter is also great.

>> No.14610675

He's doing well, thank you for asking. How are you?

>> No.14610684

Wait I thought you said Aragorn

As in like Aragorn Aragorn. Son of Arathorn