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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 4.0⭐ ( ) The writing was excellent, but this was a DNF for me solely on the basis that this wasn't the story I wanted. After peeking at the last chapter, I think I want Tales from Alagaesia #2. I need dragon babies. I didn't really care for Angela's backstory, or a random tale from a previously unknown girl. The single improvement this anthology has over the other books in this series is that it is far, far shorter than the rest. Otherwise it’s nearly identical to something Paolini published in 2005. At a certain point, you hope that in 16 years a writer has learned to stop just stealing ideas from other stories and stick to his own stuff. To have confidence to write his own things. Yes, everyone is influenced by something. Probably at least a dozen people are writing some new iteration of “Snow White” or “Cinderella” or “Journey to the West”. Heck, Disney has an entire history of making films based on familiar fairy tales. And referencing things is fine. Hand-waving to stories you love, that inspired you, that’s fine. What isn’t fine is an author who spent four novels “lifting” heavily from “The Lord of the Rings”, “The Earthsea Cycle”, “Star Wars”, “Dragonriders of Pern”, “Belgeriad”, and“Babylon 5”, sticking the sentences, I also have a weird suspicion about This book has the same issue with wordiness, terribly written descriptions, awkward and cringe-worthy dialogue, rather boring and stupid plot, and dumb characters. This is not a great addition to the series. On the one hand, it's fascinating to see all the characters he's gathered in one place and how far they've come, only for him to rip off yet more stories and demonstrating that his writing hasn't actually improved all that much in around 16 years. It's not enjoyable fantasy. It's not funny or poignant or impressive. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone, unless you really love this story universe and just want more. If people want "longer" versions of this, read or watch anything he ripped off to write it. Not only is there "more" of it, but it's actually well-written that way. no reviews | add a review
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Three new stories of Eragon set a year after he left Alagaësia to find a home to train the newest generation of Dragon riders.
It's been a year since Eragon left Alagaësia. He is searching for the perfect home to train a new generation of Dragon Riders. Instead he finds himself struggling with an endless sea of tasks. -- adapted from jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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