I was looking forward to this after being told by a few people how great it was. Three of those were my own teenage kids, and the other was someone who hasn't read much Fantasy. I even waited until the third one came out before starting, so that I could go through the whole series.Unfortunately, after forcing myself to finish the first book, I won't be bothering with the rest. As others have said, it is very same-ish to a lot of much-better books out there. The writing is good for a 15 year old, I suppose, but nothing special. In fact it is a little tedious. At the end of the book, I couldn't even bring myself to have any empathy for any of the characters. I didn't especially like Eragon, or Saphira (who I found very dull). And the villains aren't especially noteworthy either. Worse is that there wasn't a single original idea in the book. It really was a chore to read.Sorry. I wanted to like it.