Guilty pleasures

[Anonymous No.19712668]

I liked them, not the ending though.

[Anonymous No.19712682]

>>19712668
i dont think i even finished the third one. shit got repetitive.
>dragons
>swords
>armies
>battles
idk i was young tho so i could just be brushing over a lot of themes

[Anonymous No.19712754]

>>19712682
I think either the 2nd or 3rd was my favorite. It wasn't all that good and Roran was the best character but I liked Paolini's descriptions and pacing.

[Anonymous No.19713190]

>>19712668
Man even as a kid I knew they were trash. I still read them because fuck trying something new I guess
Hammber boy was cool, hacking magic was cool. That scene with two mages locked in silent combat until one fucks up and turns to salt is great
>>19712682
Only "theme" I can remember/imagine is Eragon knowingly being an underdog and trying to be better than their peers, which I took to be a stand in for Pionono's progress as an author

[Anonymous No.19713194]

not guilty, but
>Warrior Cats

[Anonymous No.19713243]

>>19713190
>Only "theme" I can remember/imagine is Eragon knowingly being an underdog and trying to be better than their peers, which I took to be a stand in for Pionono's progress as an author
And he gets his ass carried by ancient dragon hearts in the final conflict. Was that supposed to be an allusion to all the help he received when writing? Would make sense if it were.

[Anonymous No.19713247]

>>19712668
my favorite part was when eragon travelled to the elves and forged a sword with the assistance of the old elf lady. I read that part over and over.

[Anonymous No.19713255]

>>19713247
Yeah having the elf possess him and make him forge the sword was an awesome idea.

[Anonymous No.19713277]

>>19713255
Yeah the whole magic system was really well layed out. I loved looking up all the words at the back of the book.

They actually hold up surprisingly decently for books written by a 16 year old. The ending of the final book where he just leaves and departs into the east felt pretty unsatisfying, I guess he didn't really know how to finish it.

Has Paolini written anything since? Havent followed him

[Anonymous No.19713284]

[Anonymous No.19713293]

>>19712668

[Anonymous No.19713299]

>>19713277
>Has Paolini written anything since?

Yes, a couple of things. I haven't heard anything good about them.

[Anonymous No.19713318]

>>19712668
This shit, probably. Never seen anons discuss it though. What, wasn't "from the editor that discovered Harry Potter" a good sell for you guys?
>>19713247
It was pretty well researched iirc, all things considered.

[Anonymous No.19713325]

Now I'm somewhat nostalgic for the absolute REEEEing those books caused back in the 00s. Lots of communities dedicated to hating them, honestly kinda weird looking back.

[Anonymous No.19713385]

>>19713277
He's writing a new series Fractalverse, and the second novel was released just 2021. Got pretty lukewarm reception. Haven't read them myself and not going to, just got reminded about this guy with the nostalgia.

[Anonymous No.19713408]

>>19713293
Oh right, this got an anime didn't it? Is it any good? I remember reading the one with the slug and how he had to touch a stone on his belt so it wouldn't eat him and thought it was really cool when I was 10 or 11.

[Anonymous No.19713483]

>>19712668
I love Eragon and Eldest, but I hate the ending.

[Anonymous No.19713514]

>>19712668
>he never got to smash his qt elf gf
I'm still mad.

[Anonymous No.19713550]

>>19713514
They held hands while their dragons fucked though. Funny how she was okay with her hatchling dragon fucking a much older dragon but she wouldn't spread her minge a little for the guy who's gunna leave forever.

[Anonymous No.19713566]

>>19712668
I honestly disliked these so much as a kid idk why i kinda wanna revisit

[Anonymous No.19713592]

>>19713566
I think the first book was the weakest, he got better as things went along.

[Anonymous No.19713650]

>>19712754
Roran in the town was the best part of the story. I remember not liking it when they met up again. Don't think i finished the third. Never started the fourth. >>19712668

[Anonymous No.19713750]

>>19713566
Because it was kinda shit and didn't really get your imagination going I'd imagine

[Anonymous No.19713781]

>>19712668
>E
>ragon

[Anonymous No.19713792]

>>19713781
Get it? It's like Dragon but with an E.

[Anonymous No.19713840]

>>19712668
The movie made no sense to me because the guys they cast as Eragon and Roran looked the exact same to me, so I didn't get why sometimes Eragon had a doppleganger. Only when I read the books later on I realized they were supposed to be different characters.

[Anonymous No.19713859]

>>19713840
Watching the movie after reading the first two books was a huge disappointment. Eragon is by no means unique and outstanding, but the movie didn't do it any service (not that uncommon with adaptations) and I was mixed on Eragon not getting his back slashed open at the end, they clearly had no plans to make a sequel.

[Anonymous No.19713867]

>>19712668
Murtagh was the coolest character. It was such a good twist when he became a villain and then a hero again. He was the most complex character of the series.

[Anonymous No.19713875]

>>19713867
He had some tense struggles but I feel like Galbatorix's "god word" undermined a lot going on near the end.

[Anonymous No.19713898]

>>19713867
This. Murtagh is the Sasuke of Eragon's world.

[Anonymous No.19713910]

>>19712668
My favorite part was the whole sub plot of Eragon's mom cucking her husband with Eragon's dad who only seduced her to kill her husband, but she falls so hard for her that she starts helping him. Kino. I bet he had an amazing dick.

[Anonymous No.19714215]

>>19713194
are you FtM?
I love Redwall and have read every single one

[Anonymous No.19714224]

200 pages into the first one of these, and I'm really liking it. I hate fantasy, I've never seen the show and likely never will. But the book's good so far.
Sorry bros.

[Anonymous No.19714302]

>>19714224
>200 pages into the first one of these, and I'm really liking it.
I was the same. Opening up with strange tree and Ned with his sword was powerful imagery.
The rest of the books continuously devolve into strings of nonsense. Shit happens but none of it really connects, nothing really converges. It's a mess of ever-expanding outward pointing arrows with no discernible themes that I can make sense of and it reads like a script.

[Anonymous No.19714333]

>>19713194
Mein nigger, the patricians choice

[Anonymous No.19714444]

>>19714224
It's cuz the best parts are not really fantasy
It will never be finished, by the way

[Anonymous No.19714793]

For me it was that spy kids series. I think it was called Cherub but that may have been the WWII era series.

[Anonymous No.19715394]

>>19714215
wut?

[Anonymous No.19716784]

>>19712668
I enjoyed it a ton as a kid, but I got grossed out when the blue dragon was getting horny. Put the book down and never finished it.

[Anonymous No.19716938]

Some time in my early 20s I went and read all the YA I missed out on because I was already reading genreshit for adults. Holes, Artemis Fowl, Brave Story; pretty much the whole shortlist of award winners from the fin de siècle. I still keep up from time to time but the trends aren't to my taste.

[Anonymous No.19716948]

I always like Robert E. Howard

[Anonymous No.19716985]

>>19716938
I missed out on reading Artemis Fowl. Is it still good? I'm kinda interested.

[Anonymous No.19717165]

>>19713318
>Never seen anons discuss it though.
All things considered it’s probably because it’s a children’s book. I personally loved it and read the series multiple times. I was beginning to think I was the only one. The final book ‘Terminal’ was always a bitch to read because it goes for like $100 on ebay so I had to order it from an out-of-town library

[Anonymous No.19717226]

>>19716985
Eh, I thought it fell apart a few books in but it has that harry potter wish fulfilling power fantasy thing and cool worldbuilding going for it.

[Anonymous No.19717243]

>>19713293
this cover gave me AIDS

[Anonymous No.19717476]

>>19716985
It's a children's/young teen book. It's not mind blowing.
That said, it's pretty well-written YA stuff. There's a bunch of back and forth between the good guys and bad guys out smarting each other that I remember being impressed by.
I'd say read the first one if you're piqued. If you like that, read up through The Opal Deception. If you can stomach that much, finish the rest, but it's downhill from there.