Brisingr

A compelling and action-filled adventure . . . a galloping good example of its genre

Daily Telegraph

This book is an achievement. Readers will be transported

The Sunday Times

Paolini writes like someone gripped by his own story

Guardian

A stirring fantasy of epic proportions

The Bookseller

Bound for the bestsellers

Publishing News

Filled with darkness and evil, excitement and awe, this is a must for lovers of fantasy

The Good Book Guide

Article about the success of the book which is number 1 in the US charts

The Bookseller

Eragon dabbles in magic - as does the author, as this book is wonderful . . . A real page-turner, the best adventure tale you'll ever read

Scottish Sunday Herald

If you want a book filled to the brim with adventures, magic, fighting and a fiendishly twisty story, pick Eragon and Eldest and I guarantee it will be hard to resist the lure of these titles

Books for Keeps

A most stunning piece of literature

Inis

Fluent and action-filled

Telegraph

Paolini has matured as a writer, but lost none of the imagination that makes this series such compulsive reading

Cambridge Evening News

Better than the Harry Potter books . . . I can't wait for the next one

Carlisle News & Star

Older neophytes of the genre will devour this with relish

Inis magazine

An impressive achivement by such a young writer

The School Librarian

I strongly recommend this book to anyone, young or old, who appreciates loyalty, love, friendship and bravery. Uncommonly brilliant

Cork Evening Echo