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natashalg's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Body horror, War, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, and Torture
Moderate: Grief and Kidnapping
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
f18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Ableism, Drug use, Xenophobia, Animal death, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexism, Suicide, and Torture
Minor: Child death, Genocide, and Pregnancy
tooth trauma, giving someone hallucinogenic drugs when they think its just alcohol seemed kinda weirdvogelobre's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
I liked Inheritance as a finale to the Eragon saga. I won't say it's the best book in the series, but it certainly had the most on its plate and it tied up the plot pretty neatly. I also liked the more or less open ending. The thing that bothered me the most about the book is the way the main villain was written. He was clearly meant to have a very intimidating and charismatic presence, but in my opinion the writing failed at conveying that. He felt like a third-rate Bond villain to me, which is kind of sad when the other books had been building up to this very threatening, unknowable sort of antagonist. Something that also ties into this is that the author is, in my opinion, not great at writing smack talk or funny/witty dialogue. I can't remember a single 'funny' line in the series that I actually found funny, all of the quips and jokes just lanr somewhere between 'forgettable' and 'embarrassing'. That's the main reason I don't like the character Angela, her dialogue basically only consists of jokes that don't land and paper-thin quirky/mysterious allusions that go nowhere. Sorry, Angela.
This problem extends to the main antagonist as well. He doesn't really have any lines that are meant to be funny, but he says a lot of things that are meant to be threatening, and almost all of those fall flat. I wish he would talk less, it would make him seem much more intimidating.
Apart from that, I found the book very fun and pleasant to read. It doesn't really have any super deep themes apart from 'working together is good' and 'violence is bad, maybe, sometimes'. Its main point seems to be 'dragons are cool', and it very successfully gets that point across. Dragons *are* cool, especially the ones in this series, and dragon-riders are also very cool. I'd recommend this book series to anyone who likes dragons and easy-to-read fantasy books. I like both, and I had a nice time with the Eragon series (despite mostly focusing on the negative stuff in this review. Sorry.)
Moderate: Torture, War, and Violence
Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Body horror
This is a children's fantasy book. It's got some violence and stuff, one scene is pretty disgustingactualophelia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Animal death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture
zombiezami's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Gore, Gaslighting, Grief, Confinement, Body horror, Violence, Murder, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Slavery, Medical trauma, and Medical content
Minor: Child death and Adult/minor relationship
War