Period. End.

It's codswallop without a single original idea in it and without the writing to back up blatant copycatting. I'm well aware that fantasy authors "borrow" from each other all the time, but they're at least smart enough to use things in a new way or hell at least rename them. Hell, even when they aren't, the rest of the book is either original or the writing is good enough you can give the author legit-points. Reading Eragon was like reading my writing from high school. Which should not be published. Ever. Ever

That and throwing unpronounceable special characters into names and locations does not original make. it makes for the wrong kind of "difficult reading" that mars the experience when you're fumbling over the mental pronunciation of a place.

Eragon's only legitimate "place" in the fantasy literature world is to draw in younger readers. I just pray to god they don't take this for "good writing" and then think all the actual good writing is "too hard to read and too slow and omigod i have to USE MY BRAIN TO THINK".

Because after reading Eragon they might get that experience from The Babysitter's Club.

(Okay that's a bit of an exaggeration, but you get my point )