Yeah yeah, I haven't finished it yet, it's not that I don't like the book, I'm just still having trouble sitting myself down and making time to read it, but once I do start reading it, I usually keep on looking forward to the next chapter, I like the book very much so far.
I'm not too far from finishing it; I just wanted to comment on Saphira, I like her.
Parts that made me laugh were her snide remarks to Eragon, like when he attempted to climb up the cliff she was on, and got stuck, her remark was something like "out of the thousands of possible ways to climb up, you have the ability to find the one dead end".
I like that he (the author) is taking the time to develop her (the dragon) into not just something he (Eragon) rides on, but another main character in the story.
Another amusing part I remember was when she became angry with Eragon for not wanting to ride her, there she showed signs of jealousy (he was riding an "ugly horse" as she put it), along with concern for her rider, and just a sense of wanting to spend time with him. Snapping at him and pinning him down with her claws might have been a bit much, but it sure got her point across, and really helped in defining her as a true co-star to the story.
Although this is fantasy, I see the author really trying to make sense of it all, and really offer great ideas as to how all this magic and dragon-lore happened.
How magic is used in this book is very "believable", if you get what I'm saying. Eragon doesn't just shoot out fire from his hands unexplainably, there is a process, and limit to his magical powers, all carefully explained, and the reader grows and learns along with Eragon just exactly how magic is used and when and where it should be used.
Your thoughts?
(I'll try to hurry and finish this so we can move on to another book)