Everything's easy to sneer at if you've got enough of a lip. It's not paint-by-numbers in the later books, it actually has effort put into it, and it's quite a

Everything's easy to sneer at if you've got enough of a lip. It's not paint-by-numbers in the later books, it actually has effort put into it, and it's quite a fun read. Then again, I liked Eragon when I read it. Then again, then again, I was in third grade at the time, so I think I've got an excuse.