Den ældste. Bind 2

The Inheritance Cycle #2 part 2 of 2

by Christopher Paolini

Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns…

Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to awe-inspring new places and people, his days filled with fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn’t know whom he can trust.

Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle–one that might put Eragon in even graver danger.

Will the king’s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life. . . .


Praise for Eragon:
“Unusual, powerful . . . fresh and fluid. An impressive start to a writing career that’s sure to flourish.” –Booklist, Starred
“Christopher Paolini make[s] literary magic with his precocious debut.” –People
“The new ‘It’ book of children’s lit.” –U.S. News & World Report
“An auspicious beginning to both career and series.” –Publishers Weekly

A #1 New York Times Bestseller
A #1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller
A USA Today Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A Book Sense Book of the Year
A #1 Book Sense Selection

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

363 pages

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Christopher Paolini was born in Southern California and has lived most of his life in Paradise Valley, Montana. He published his first novel, Eragon, in 2003 at the age of nineteen, and quickly became a publishing phenomenon. His Inheritance Cycle—Eragon and its three sequels—have sold nearly 40 million copies worldwide. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars was his first adult novel.

Visit Paolini.net and Fractalverse.net for the latest news about this project and follow Christopher on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.

Reviews

[پگاه · Rating 5 out of 5]

فوق‌العاده زیبا بود.
چیزی که برای من دوست داشتنی بوده در این دو کتاب از سری ِ اینهریتنس، پر از حس‌های واقعی بودن‌شون بوده.
علاوه بر این که دنیا خوبه، خیلی قوی و عجیب نیست ولی دنیای خوبیه برای وقوع یک فانتزی داستان خوبه و شخصیت‌ها واقعی ان. می‌شه فهمیدشون. عجیب و غریب نیستن. تحت تاثیر احساسات‌شون کارهای اشتباهی می‌کنن و قهرمان داستان خرابی‌هایی به بار می‌آره. قهرمان داستان هنوز جای یاد گرفتن داره و کارش با شانس‌ آوردن عجیب و غریب پیش نمی‌ره!

+ یکی‌شدن‌های اراگون با طبیعت برای من خیلی دوست داشتنی بودن. جوری یگانه می‌شد با اطرافش که می‌تونست هایکو بگه واقعا :)) و این خیلی خیلی خوب بود. خیلی زیبا بود.

[Sh · Rating 4 out of 5]

وقتی خوندمش 14 سالم بود و خیلی دوستش داشتم، چون هنوز اونقدر با دنیای فانتزی آشنا نبودم که بفهمم بیشتر عناصر داستان کپی‌شده از ارباب حلقه‌هاست.

[Frauke · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading this in my teenage years I wanted to do a re-read and chose the audio version with Gerard Doyle. After getting used to the narrators voices and speed I quite enjoyed the reading of "Eldest".

"Eldest" is the second book of Eragon's journey which brings him to meet the different peoples of Alagaesia. Re-reading it from an adult point of view than all those years ago made me realize how annoying and childish Eragon is most of the time. He's supposed to be quite mature for his 16 years of age and when I was his age I quite agreed with that, now I simply cannot shake my head enough at most of his decisions and actions. This made diving back into the story quite difficult.
Furthermore I had forgotten that Roran also gets a few chapters in this book and I remember not liking those before and nothing really changed about that.

The most agonizing plot still lies within the Blood-Oath Celebration. I am still waiting for the day that authors will realize the potential of letting a hero keep their disabilities and be heroic with them: how much greater would the message be to teenagers out there? Everything Eragon struggled with is suddenly working out easily after he has been magically transformed into something close to an elf. I find it so much more appealing if people learn and achieve things. That does not mean that I dislike magic in general - it's actually one of my favourite parts of fantasy literature - but there should be boundaries: magic shouldn't be able to just make everything possible - that's boring and not very inspiring.

The highlight of the book remains Arya and the insight we get into the elves' and dwarves' lives. Arya is one of my favourite characters in literature and I wish Paolini had given us a chapter from her point of view and therefore a glance into her head.

"Eldest" does not really deserve more than 3 stars but considering Gerad Doyle's great narrating, the fantastic character of Arya and last but not least the nostalgic feelings the book still generates, I am giving it 4 stars for old times sake.

[Joel K · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow. really great book.i love how the book is in such good detail. i want to know if he will get a new sword. it reminds me of people who have really bad luck. what surprised me was he didnt get to kill the king in the book.Eragon became a dragon rider in this book. this should be a really great book if it ended like now.

[Horace Mann Family Reading Challenge · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was action packed and awesome. D.M.

[Vinit Gandhi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Keeps wanting me for more..!!!! Awaiting for further editions

[Olaniyan Segun · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic Story...

[Gia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing this book and the author are fabulous!!

[Elys Syaiff · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like it ....