[Quiet Man Cometh]

Translations can make or break a novel I believe. It may be that the German translation of Eragon is better written than the English one written by Paolini himself. By virtue of the change in language things are likely to be different.

I'm in the same category as Suzerain is, English lit major and a writer, but you could say I'm in another room at times. I don't mind reading an unoriginal or poor story if the writing is good enough. It's not the story of Eragon that bothers me as much as the actual writing of the book. I'd love to try reading it in German but unfortunately the best I might be able to manage would be a few words here and there.

Your English is very good by the way. I wouldn't have guessed from your posts that you didn't normally speak the language. :)