I thought this book was interesting at most. It was good enough to sway my attention from the screaming airline engines when I flew over the Atlantic. However, regaurdless of my reasons for reading the book I enjoyed it. It was a quick read, easily read also and one of the main things that anyone that writes a review to this should understand is that it is not for everyone. Every author is not going to play to all readers. Paolini wrote, stole, borrowed, copied, whatever you want to call it and for the readers of his age group it was a huge success. There is no question about finding many similarities from other authors or stories in Paolini's writings, yet when music stars remake old songs no one fusses? I fail to see the difference in this same circumstance. What Paolini has done is taken from the authors, probably his mentors that he used to stay up all night and read their books just as you and I have done and attempted to create something in their honor in the way that he saw it. I'm not defending his work or the people that criticize his work because everyone is entitled their own opinions, however I will ask you to take a few minutes to think about when you were younger and your minds were racing like his.