Personally I liked the book. I really dont see why people are against it since it has parts similar to what J.R.R Tolkien and Anne McCaffery write. I mean come on, the Lord of the Rings is like the root of all fantasy, as are dragons. If your against this book then you might as well loathe all books with dragons, considering most will have "riders" its a good plot idea not just anyone person's.
At first the only reason I read this book was cause I was on a 24 hour round roadtrip down to the Valley. Even though at first the reason I was reading Eragon was to ignore the other occupants of the vehicle, I was quickly absorbed into the book, I couldn't put it down and I just had to know what was going to happen next. Right now, though, I'm regretting having read the book so fast since Sam wants her book back.
The wait 'til the next book is killing meeee.