Don't lend books to friends unless you want their honest opinion

I like Sci Fi (broad term I actually like the Fantasy part of sci fi so not the space but the dragons etc) which is not a typical "girl" genre. 

A few years ago my husbands co worker recommended a series of books in that Genre and even lent me the first in the series to get me started. The book was called Eragon and I loved it! I read it in 2 days and I was hooked! It was exciting, magical and a real adventure

Written by Christopher Paolini (when he was 15)  The book tells the story of a young farm boy named Eragon, who finds a mysterious stone in the mountains. A dragon he later names Saphria hatches from the stone, which was really an egg. When the evil King finds out about Eragon and his dragon, he sends his servants, the Ra'zac, after them in an effort to capture them. Eragon and Saphira are forced to flee from their hometown, and decide to search for the Varden, a group of rebels who want to see the downfall of Galbatorix.

yeah yeah - Sci Fi Fantasy is always complicated and has lots of weird hard to pronounce names.

There are 4 books in the series, each longer and more complicated than the last. In fact the last book was so intense it took me 2 weeks to read. I had to read a bit at time, absorbing it and thinking about it before I could keep reading. AND the wait between books was years and years, which was a titch annoying.

I lent the first and second books to my friend Ryan. I knew he was a fellow Sci Fi fan like myself and had enjoyed some of his recommendations (Enders Game was very good). He took a while to read it and when he did his conclusions RUINED THE BOOK FOR ME.

This is what he said 
"The book Eragon seemed to follow the original star wars plot line. Boy lives with uncle and leaves on a journey to fight an evil empire. Bet you anything the King is actually his father"

Ah crap. He's right. Thanks a lot Ryan. It had never occurred to me. Now I am going to have to reread the whole series again . grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr There is a month of my life gone