Eragon vs The Burning Bridge: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: War, Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction
Eragon
One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Burning Bridge
Bracing for a final clash with the evil warlord Morgarath, the Rangers rally the kingdom's allies, and Will is chosen, along with his friend Horace, as special envoys to nearby Celtica. But the simple mission soon takes…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Burning Bridge highest: The Burning Bridge 4.3 · Eragon 4.0.
- The Burning Bridge is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for Eragon.
- The Burning Bridge has the widest readership — 139628 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Eragon | The Burning Bridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (34051) | 4.3 (139628) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (2538) | 4.2 (253) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (2358) | 4.5 (1551) |
Reception
| Eragon | The Burning Bridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 34051 | 139628 |
| Editions | 90 | 4 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 685892 | 23637 |
| Reading it now | — | 2881 |
| Written reviews | 34051 | 4882 |
| Wikipedia attention | 18811 | 281 |
| Pages | 518 | 278 |