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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
Loved the series, but am extremely disappointed and even a bit angry with the way this amazing series ended. This last book took a long time to come out and i feel maybe the author forgot some key elements to address in this book, since there are still so many loose ends, and just rushed to get it published. completely anticlimactic and just a huge let down.
adventurous
hopeful
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:
Complicated
this book only makes sense if you read eragon and co. as the bad guys … even after about a million pages i’m sticking to my theory that glabatorix was actually the good guy here. i mean - he got rid of an exclusive ruling caste who weren’t concerned with the problems of everyday people, he brought alagaësia 100 years of peace and prosperity, and he has never done a single evil thing in all his life. also every city eragon and co conquered saw the varden as the evil guys and didn’t want anything to do with them.
apart from that what annoys me the most is that magic doesn’t have any rules. i really liked the rules from the first book (doing something with magic costs just as much energy as it would take doing it without) and now magic is just like … placing spells on everyone in alagaësia, growing eyes back, making people perform a victory dance (but only on thursdays), having every second baby be born with blond hair, you know, nonsensical stuff like that.
anyway, i’m glad that’s done.
apart from that what annoys me the most is that magic doesn’t have any rules. i really liked the rules from the first book (doing something with magic costs just as much energy as it would take doing it without) and now magic is just like … placing spells on everyone in alagaësia, growing eyes back, making people perform a victory dance (but only on thursdays), having every second baby be born with blond hair, you know, nonsensical stuff like that.
anyway, i’m glad that’s done.
Yes. I loved this series and I really liked this book. One thing bogged me down. Sometimes it felt like the story was being told in real time. This especially happened during battle scenes. For those of you in the target audience, you will love this. I am not even close to being in the target audience so I felt it a little violent and gory, but not excessively so. I'm just not a fan of battles and torture and people being mean to each other. I loved how Eragon was a thoughtful problem-solver and out-of-the box thinker. It was nice to watch him mature and start thinking about others. I liked the ending. Being the end of the series, it is nice to have a solid ending that is not syrupy. So, for you young people who love fantasy and something a little more raw than Harry Potter, give this series a try.
So many emotions right now, but a fabulous ending. Eragon and Saphria get to start an great new life but leave everyone behind? So sad
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I don’t even know what to rate this book. I have a fondness for this series that’s mainly borne of the fact that I read Eragon AT LEAST 6 times when I was younger. I don’t remember how old I was when I first read it, but I was young.
I read Eldest soon after, but much of Roran’s scenes were boring and I skipped through most of them. Why should I bother slogging through them when I could be reading about DRAGONS and magic?
At that point, I had to wait for Brisingr to release. I bought the deluxe edition and tore through it. I had no memory of the dwarven politics sooooo I’m going to assume that my younger self decided to skip them. During my quest to read the series again, I brought my copy out of storage. I found an old worksheet from EIGTH GRADE between the pages that I had used as a bookmark.
And finally, Inheritance. It released when I was in early high school. I only bought it months after it had released. I remember attempting to drag myself through this behemoth and it took me a year. I don’t even know how much of it I originally read either.
Now, here we are. Nine or so years after the last time I’ve touched a book from the Inheritance Cycle. It’s taken me about a month to read and listen to all four books in the series. They’ve given me headaches from rolling my eyes at Eragon’s antics. One of my supervisors at my internship asked if I was okay after he heard my exasperated sigh at having to put up with MORE dwarven politics or three hours worth of exposition. Oh, and if I wanted to listen to the audiobooks alone, that would’ve been OVER 100 hours of content. Let that sink in a little. I ended up listening to about 50 hours and then reading the books when I had time to sit down.
Despite ALL THAT I’ve enjoyed my stay with these characters. Am I going to read the series again any time soon? Absolutely NOT. I think I need another ten years to decompress from A Certain Idiot from CONSTANTLY making unwanted advances on a character and NOT listening to her when she said they couldn’t have a romantic relationship.
It’s been A Journey.
I read Eldest soon after, but much of Roran’s scenes were boring and I skipped through most of them. Why should I bother slogging through them when I could be reading about DRAGONS and magic?
At that point, I had to wait for Brisingr to release. I bought the deluxe edition and tore through it. I had no memory of the dwarven politics sooooo I’m going to assume that my younger self decided to skip them. During my quest to read the series again, I brought my copy out of storage. I found an old worksheet from EIGTH GRADE between the pages that I had used as a bookmark.
And finally, Inheritance. It released when I was in early high school. I only bought it months after it had released. I remember attempting to drag myself through this behemoth and it took me a year. I don’t even know how much of it I originally read either.
Now, here we are. Nine or so years after the last time I’ve touched a book from the Inheritance Cycle. It’s taken me about a month to read and listen to all four books in the series. They’ve given me headaches from rolling my eyes at Eragon’s antics. One of my supervisors at my internship asked if I was okay after he heard my exasperated sigh at having to put up with MORE dwarven politics or three hours worth of exposition. Oh, and if I wanted to listen to the audiobooks alone, that would’ve been OVER 100 hours of content. Let that sink in a little. I ended up listening to about 50 hours and then reading the books when I had time to sit down.
Despite ALL THAT I’ve enjoyed my stay with these characters. Am I going to read the series again any time soon? Absolutely NOT. I think I need another ten years to decompress from A Certain Idiot from CONSTANTLY making unwanted advances on a character and NOT listening to her when she said they couldn’t have a romantic relationship.
It’s been A Journey.
adventurous
inspiring
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
Best of the four. Perhaps because Paolini's older and more experienced, perhaps because the story finally reached it's peak and conclusion. The end dragged on far longer than I would have liked, but overall, a solid piece of writing and a great culmination to the cycle.