Thanks to everyone who wrote honest reviews of Eldest - it saved me from spending money on it. My cousin's stuck with it though he can't even return it on account of the binding's crinkled. I didn't do that, but I will help him burn it. I never thought I would hate a book but Eldest is the rare book you litterally hate when you read it. The writing is so awful it's almost funny like its its own parody but I'm not laughing.