I concur. i found that the entire story was boring, and picked up only neat the end, for less than ten pages. I literally fell asleep while reading this in the middle of the day, and I cannot see why anybody would like this. The first book I loved. However, I agree with this anonymous figure that it is a copy from many things.

Yes the karate kid was the originator of the master/student relationship... are you serious!!!! As for Saphira's mothers name - Vervada - where in harry potter did you ever read that??? The battle scar was actually quite interesting. It helped to develop the character of Eragon, he had to learn to deal with pain and a disability. Great book.

Are you serious, Ragnar? Great Book? Ha! There are so many copies in this book it's not funny. Plus, some of it is really lame. Galbatorix? Sounds like like a computer part. "Hook up the Galbatorix"...lame. Secondly, who names a Dragon Saphira? Like, hello! Do you want a powerful Dragon to be called Saphira? Sounds like the name of one of Malibu barbie's friends. Call her Inferno or something cool like that, not Saphira. One big copy in this book, Ragnar, is this: Who is the main character in the book? Eragon. Who is a major character in Lord of the Rings? Aragorn. Take away the "R" from Aragorn and you are exactly the same sound. It doesn't take a genius to figure this stuff out.

wat the hell???? wat are u saying about aragorn?? it makes no sence, u change to letters in a word and u get a new word big deal. u know i would say that eragon is closer to dragon then to aragorn and it makes more sence. and ure idea about saphira wasn't quite acurate. if u actually read the book then u would know he named the dragon when it had a very young age and when it was very small... i don't think a 1 foot dragon would go like a fierce men-eating-scary kind of thing. but i do admit galbatorix is odd.

I am sorry to say, sheemaster, but I couldn't read a single thing you said. Spelling errors everywhere, bad grammar…On to what I was able to read. He named it at a very young age because that is what you do: name a child or pet at a very young age. You don’t wait until its full grown to give something a name! You said that you don’t think that a 1-foot dragon is man eating scary. To the people of Alagaesia, who haven’t seen a dragon rider or dragon for what, hundreds of years, a dragon suddenly appearing is quite frightening. So he should give it a name that befits the terror it instills in people. With a name like Saphira, no one will be scared, and trust me, with all the minions of Galbatorix after him, instilling fear is great defense.