It's hard for alot of people to get through the LOTR books. I think because they were written by a professor and not only that, someone who has extensive language education and created his own language in the book. Now that's...amazing. Which is why I enjoyed the book, he created a language. Not alot of authors do that. :lol:
Eragon isn't bad for a 15 year old. I think he was influenced by Star Wars and LOTR though because alot of the messages he puts in there or situations, comes from those two genres.