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Eldest (Inheritance Cycle, Book 2) (The Inheritance Cycle) (edition 2007)

by Christopher Paolini (Author)

Series: Inheritance Cycle (02)

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After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.
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Title:Eldest (Inheritance Cycle, Book 2) (The Inheritance Cycle)
Authors:Christopher Paolini (Author)
Info:Knopf Books for Young Readers (2007), Edition: Reprint, 720 pages
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Eldest by Christopher PAOLINI

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Super good. It's like the biggest cliffhanger ending and it picks up in a weird place in the 3rd book. But it was amazing!!!!! I totally loved it. ( )
  qparkes | Jan 9, 2025 |
I don’t think I have especially many thoughts for this one compared to the last.
Here is what I will say however.
(Spoilers ahead)
- the story felt less childishly written and more sophisticated, which is nice. and I don’t thINK it’s just a placebo from me not knowing how young Christopher was anymore ( )
  epicaleb7 | Oct 4, 2024 |
man i wanted to like this so bad,,, funny enough the length in which this took me to read has nothing to do with no liking it. i just got covid and the hold lapsed and took forever to get back to me. i actually read it pretty quick. but damn… this really really underwhelmed me. the plot was too predictable, the attempt at using old/mythical like language was simply laughable, and the complete and utter butt kissing dick sucking that this book has for elves was infuriating. i don’t know how to explain how much is despise the fantasy theme of “humans suck. but elves ( )
  puppyboykippo | Jul 25, 2024 |
Cai a escuridão...
Colidem as espadas...
Reina o mal.

Eragon e seu dragão, Saphira, acabaram de salvar um estado rebelde da destruição planejada pelas forças poderosas do rei Galbatorix, cruel governante do Império. Eragon rumará agora para Ellesméra, terra dos elfos, para aprimorar seu treinamento em magia e nas artes da espada, habilidades vitais para um Cavaleiro de Dragão. É a jornada de uma vida, cheia de lugares e pessoas diferentes, dignas de admiração e reverência, em cada dia uma nova aventura. Mas o caos e a traição o importunam a cada instante e Eragon não sabe em quem deve confiar.

Enquanto isso, seu primo Roran se envolve numa nova batalha em Carvahall - vilarejo onde nasceu e cresceu -, batalha que coloca Eragon num perigo ainda maior.
Será que a mão negra do rei sufocará toda e qualquer resistência? Eragon pode até não escapar com vida...

Emoção e aventura aguardam os leitores no segundo volume do Ciclo A Herança.
  saladeleituraberna_ | Jul 5, 2024 |
This is perhaps the longest that I took to complete any book (including LOTR). That tells a lot about how this book is.
The book starts off well, but drags on boringly in the middle. It gets so boring that at one point that I even considered not reading it all.
However, my persistence paid off as the book ends well. the last 20% of the book is exciting, specially when Eragon decides to return to Surda.
The Roran chapters are well written and helped keep me reading in the middle of the book. Hope the next installment is better written than this. ( )
  ktn_vrce | Jul 5, 2024 |
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Nothing wrong with a good thick serving of swords 'n' sorcery, but it needs a hero. In the hands of a writer like George R.R. Martin, Lois McMaster Bujold, Barbara Hambly, or J. K. Rowling, the central characters of fantasy are persons worth knowing: smart, flawed, moral, doomed to love the world more than the world loves back. It's fun that they're kings and queens and wizards, but we read the books because Miles Vorkosigan or Harry Potter are in them, the kind of people we'd like to know and be. Unfortunately, Eragon just doesn't measure up to the standard; he's a Frankenstein video-game hero, clanking with magic armor, charms, and weapons, but long on seams and short that essential spark of life.
 
It's clear that Paolini has drive and talent, and "Eldest" is, for the most part, competently constructed and written. The problem, however, is that anyone committed to reading a 2,000-page epic deserves more than competence and tropes that have been used countless times before.
 
 

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PAOLINI, Christopherprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Doyle, GerardNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
FEBERWEE, EricaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Palencar, John JudeCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Scotto di Santillo, Maria ConcettaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.

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Eragon Shadeslayer may have protected the Varden from the wrath of an army of Urgals, but his skills still pale in comparison to those of the mighty tyrant Galbatorix, who he must overthrow to restore peace to the land of Alagaësia. He and Saphira must venture to the elven city of Ellesméra in the far north, to complete their training as Rider and dragon. Eragon, however, still carries a debilitating scar from his battle with the Shade Durza, and begins to wonder if any amount of training can ever place him on equal footing with Galbatorix. Elsewhere, Eragon’s cousin Roran struggles for survival as the misshapen Ra’zac besiege his hometown, intent on using him to bring Eragon under control. As both cousins struggle against overwhelming odds, the king rallies his forces to crush the Varden – and with them, all hope of resistance.
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