Grisham's "The Appeal" is a fast page turner that seems to be a bit too obvious in spite of itself. Told from a third person "godlike" point of view, the narrator is quick to cast one side as the "evil" and the other side as "the good." Imagery abounds as we see the evil side in all its opulence and the good side in all it's squalor.

Told ostensibly as an appeal of a major court room verdict, this book goes one step further into a fervent fight for the little man.

3 stars for the story and the morals, but the characters were bland and cardboard. In fact , the only character that was not one dimensional took the entire book to become a well rounded character.

The ending may disappoint some, but others might have seen this coming all along depending on how far they read critically into the novel.

This is one of Paolini's poorer attempts at writing. It also is his first novel. The characterization is weak. The narrator tends to be too matter of fact, and is told in a third-person limited viewpoint. This viewpoint attempts to surprise you and shock you, but the ideas are rehashes of ideas gone before. Eragon himself is a very unrealistic character, at times seeming to be a Mary Sue. The usage of Saphira as a contrasting entity reveals more and more of Eragon, but the more we see of him, the less we want to. Saphira, on the other hand, is likewise revealed through Eragon, but does not get the attention she needs. Her story strikes me as one far more interesting than Eragon, and that is something that should not happen for a lead character.