Not a bad conclusion to this series. By now the characters are comfortably set and no one did anything that wasn't consistent with their history. The epilogue was pleasant, but I didn't feel too sad to be done with the books. All said, a fair investment of time and energy for what I got out of it.
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Un bon final
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.75 ⭐️ all that and no one even kissed in the end 😭 there were portions of this book that really dragged on in my opinion, I felt like we could have had at least 200 pages cut out of just battles that didn’t mean anything? The ending just fell a little short for me, we spent all this time afraid of some guy who didn’t really put up a fight in the big mega boss battle? Lame tbh! But I liked the way that the plot was wrapped up at the end and how all the different kinds of people were able to unite and ensure peace with one another, it was a very wholesome ending to a rather long and drawn out series. This was a good series, I wasn’t ever not entertained or engaged, it just was definitely written for boys and I fear I was not the target audience, but I overall enjoyed it and I’m glad I read it!
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Much better writing than books 2 and 3
adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Fantastic book, excellent magic system, solid plot and unique characters. Anyone who claims otherwise is probably a miserable Karen who wants to hate the book before they have read it. I heard someone say it was predictable, but nah if you predicted that book your most likely a prophet.

sophieconstable's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

I gave up on this book about a quarter of the way in because I just couldn't deal with it any more. I enjoyed Eragon and found Eldest to be boring in places but enjoyed it overall. Brisingr was where I got really bored but I decided to read the last book in the hope that it got better. It didn't. I no longer care about the characters and whether they​ live or die. I have also gotten bored of the long discriptions and unnecessary long descriptive scenes that keep appearing. If you really loved the other books in this series then you will probably enjoy this book alot more than I did but if you're on the fence, don't bother.
adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was a fitting end to the trilogy, but it was a bit of a drag on towards the end. Nevertheless, I loved the story. It tied up all loose ends, some that I'd even forgotten about. Excellent sense of closure.

This was really hard to put down!