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It took a lot of practice! Haha . I read my first book at 12, and my second at 16—and at the time it was incredibly hard to maintain concentration—but I wanted to do something creative with my life, so I persevered; taught myself how to enjoy reading a story essentially.
Plus, I have a dedicated antique chair in my library, which settles me comfortably into "reading mode".
I definitely don't regret it.  There's a lot of great literary gems that haven't made a smooth transition into a popular medium. |
Well, I read the first one when I was 8, and it was Harry Potter and The Stoned Philosophers, and it was still booming back then (around 2001, back when the first movie was being released). I loved the first 3-4 books (especially the second one), but the latter ones were gradually less interesting to the point I gave up on reading the last one completely. It's really weird, when I think about it.
Lotr and Hobbit books were obviously amazing.
If you've never read the Witcher toms, you should definitely do so. It's the best (...the only?) thing Polish fantasy books have to offer. Books were far better than the games (at least the first two games, as I haven't played W3 yet). However, I don't know if the translation might affect your read.
Back to Eragon: As I was reading this, and it was not many years after the premiere, so I'm guessing 2004-06, and I was around 12, I got the same impression as you - it really did feel like it was written by a teenager. I don't know how ratings at goodreads.com work, but still, I don't think it deserves the lowest possible rating. It's hard to defend the book I barely remember (I'm really, really bad at remembering books), but in my memory it was more of a pleasant read than not.
What I do remember is that I actually very liked the way the books handles magic and spellcasting (with the emotional and physical impact), it's unlike anything I have seen at the time... which could basically mean nothing, because I haven't read that many books in my life, but it's one of best things about this book in my opinion.