Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2)

Inheritance (2)

by Christopher Paolini

Audio cassette

English language

Published Aug. 23, 2005 by Listening Library (Audio).

ISBN:: 978-1-4000-9862-0
OCLC Number:: 61356705

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(113 reviews)

4 editions

Chris he/they reviewed Eldest by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)

A great continuation of the story

5 stars

This books solves many of the problems of the first novel by accepting other narrators, allowing voices besides Eragon's to be prominent. These perspectives show Paolini's attention to the consequences of choices made by the characters.

While Roran and Nasuada's sections bored me as a child when I was more obsessed with Eragon's "hero's journey," I found them endlessly fascinating this read. Roran has to assume leadership of Carvahall to save his village and Nasuada faces endless problems leading the Varden. Their leadership, community development, and steadfastness in the face of adversity are just as praiseworthy as Eragon's strength and determination.

bookwyrm_user reviewed Eldest by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)

Not too bad

3 stars

I didn't like Eldest as much as I did Eregon. It's still a decent story, with interesting characters and lore. Overall it's alright, but there were times that I was rolling my eyes and considering putting it away. It's hard to say what it exactly was, but I think that this book tried to explain too much. A large part is dedicated to Eragon's education, and of course that is important to the story, but it just seemed to go on and on. This was also apparent in other parts, and the 'big plot twist' wasn't really surprising at all. I think the last thing that I wasn't too enthusiastic about is the prominent role magic plays. That's a very personal opinion, but to me this comes across a bit lazy, everything is solved with magic! Hurrah!

ToadyNerd reviewed Eldest by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)

Review of 'Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2)' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Highly recommended to anyone that enjoyed the first book in the series, "Eragon". A wonderful continuation of the legend of Eragon and Saphira.

ashwinvis reviewed Eldest by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)

Review of 'Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2)' on 'GoodReads'

3 stars

A fine read... It had its ups and downs. However the climatic sequence was compelling enough, and quick paced to finish with a positive. Paolini needs to do better while framing a twist at the end, too obvious.

Cheri reviewed Eldest by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)

Review of 'Eldest' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

My 10 year old son and I are reading this series together - the audio books - and we both very much enjoyed it. I would have given it a 3.5 and he would have given it a 5 (he's very easy) so I rated it 4 stars.

fiainros reviewed Eldest by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)

Review of 'Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2)' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

In April 2007, I listened to an audio version of this book. It was the unabridged audio. I have a long commute, and since I was not a huge fan of Eragon, felt time was better spent listening to the book and reading other books I would like better.

Eldest was an improvement over Eragon, although, again, Paolini's plot and twists are transparent.