I am forever bitter about Eragon…

    • Nath@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Eragon was not a great book. It was a decent premise, the characters and story had potential. Given it was written by a teenager, it’s very impressive.

      But Mr Paolini must look back on it and cringe so bad. I’d actually like him to go back and reboot it now as a mature author.

      • ericbomb@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I mean are you judging it as the target market?

        It was a young adult book. I refer to it as baby’s first high fantasy.

        Do 8-12 year old boys that will love super long high fantasy later in life probably still love it? I would bet money.

        But of course as adults we look down on the young adult book. Basically all young adult books seem not well made as adults.

        I know a handful of exceptions, but they stand out in my head as remarkable because they were exceptions.