@Nyran Huh. I’m not really sure why that would be; it added a lot of world building, and continued the character arcs well. Actually, it was the first one I read, and is what got me to read all the others. I think Dragons is my favorite as well; I thought the dragons themselves were really neat characters, and the final book was indeed epic.
Goes into Artemis Fowl persona. Gladly.
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Is there an echo in here? (For the record, I thought the first one was fun, but the second one bored me out of my mind and I gave up.)
I’m actually on the second one. I do agree it lacks a lot of the pace, particularly because the only one really “doing” anything is Roran, and Eragon is basically just sitting around doing nothing.
I managed to finish it, so I won’t spoil it, but…yeah, the parts with Roran were the only ones I really liked. I was ok with Eragon sitting around for awhile, but eventually the author started using that storyline to throw in some of his own personal philosophizing that I didn’t agree with and thought was downright silly. I also got tired of it following the Star Wars movies plot point for plot point. So, YMMV (your mileage may vary) depending on how similar your perspective is to mine.
I have a love/hate relationship with country. I like some older stuff like Johnny Cash, but I can’t stand most of what gets played on country radio these days.
Fahren fahren farhen auf der Autobahn.
CAFO (calling all fans of):
Babylon 5
Mass Effect/Dragon Age/Bioware in general
Sherlock (the current BBC show)
Dirk Gently (for the record, I’ve seen the TV show but not read the books.)
Pixar
James Bond
Hard sci-fi
(For the record, I thought the first one was fun, but the second one bored me out of my mind and I gave up.)