Re: Favorite Book
Posted: March 23rd, 2009, 6:08 pm
When did she say that?
]My friend actually just started me on that! She lent me the first book and I've only gone through about 3/4 of the book (because of SciOly, go figure). Not my cuppa tea, but an interesting book nonetheless. I personally felt it was directed towards middle-schoolers and maybe some intellectual elementary kids, rather than high-schoolers. I got a little bored with it.oxfordcrew wrote:You, being science people, should so check out the Maximum Ride series!!! It is about these kids who have scientifically mutated. I also love the Percy Jackson Series!!
I agree with you. Also, i think the way he writes is completely clichéed (hope i put the accent in the right place there). I mean, it's hard to get through the books just because some of the ideas are just so recycled from other places.Phenylethylamine wrote:Has anyone else noticed that Paolini writes like he's got a high school English teacher over his shoulder? "Make sure to put two adjectives for every noun! Use a thesaurus!" Don't get me wrong, I liked the books pretty well, but the fact that his characters never send a letter, they always send a 'missive'- that kind of clinched it for me. Repetition isn't any better just because the word is less well-known; in fact, it's worse, because it draws your focus in a way that the word 'letter' never would.
It's obvious that Paolini is a young author. His ideas come from a wide variety of fiction books, and the Eragon books are strangely similar to the Lord of the Rings.denmarksoccer wrote:I agree with you. Also, i think the way he writes is completely clichéed (hope i put the accent in the right place there). I mean, it's hard to get through the books just because some of the ideas are just so recycled from other places.Phenylethylamine wrote:Has anyone else noticed that Paolini writes like he's got a high school English teacher over his shoulder? "Make sure to put two adjectives for every noun! Use a thesaurus!" Don't get me wrong, I liked the books pretty well, but the fact that his characters never send a letter, they always send a 'missive'- that kind of clinched it for me. Repetition isn't any better just because the word is less well-known; in fact, it's worse, because it draws your focus in a way that the word 'letter' never would.