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Sunday, June 8, 2008

Alison Goodman's Eon a review by Nathan W

Eon is an Eragon-esque book, though a little better to follow. Ms. Goodman took from the Chinese culture as back-story for her novel. She took some symbols from the Chinese New Year (i.e. dragon, rat, pig, etc.) to create different martial arts styles to fuel Eon. Eon, a young boy, comes into his own in this book: He has to become a Dragoneye, a prince-like character, and help end the reign of an evil emperor.

Overall, Eon had an average plot with average characters. There were a few minor grammatical errors- but that to be expected because this is an advanced uncorrected edition. I give Eon: Dragoneye Reborn three out of five stars.

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