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Murtagh by Christopher Paolini

55 reviews

amanda_amidala_organa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Murtagh remains my forever favorite character in fantasy storytelling, and this book is an absolute gift. I always felt like I deeply understood this tragic and tortured (yet somehow stubbornly hopeful) character - and Christopher Paolini’s writing confirmed so many feelings and theories. This was a powerful deep dive into trauma and choosing a more difficult but morally right path, and yet again I continue to be blown away so many years later by the world building and heart balanced in the stories of Alagaësia. Here’s to so many more ahead. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, War, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Confinement, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, and Blood

sneha_sarcar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Violence, Blood, Death, Slavery, and Torture

mighty_lizard_queen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Murtagh's next book should be on overcoming his new flaw of tripping so often. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Murder, Slavery, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, Alcohol, Vomit, Xenophobia, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, and Domestic abuse

Drug use is forced Xenophobia relates to fictional races Excrement is an animal’s, one scene

ayanaj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, War, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death

slahlum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Violence

menacingmarble's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I fell in love with Alagaesia once more in this new addition to the Eragon series. My only complaint is that it dragged on sometimes, but overall was a wonderful read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Torture

kew16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

greenrequiem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Torture, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, War, Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

honeywaffles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

3.0

I was slightly apprehensive about returning to this world and Paolini’s writing, but I was curious about Murtagh and Thorn’s points of view. Unfortunately, I think this book suffered from poor editing, making it much longer than it needed to be and dragging out the plot. The stakes at the end of the Inheritance Cycle were fairly impossible to top and I could feel the reaching at times in this book. I was also not a fan of how much it focused on the details of their past trauma and ruminating about them rather than them working through them. Lastly, I was disappointed that Thorn felt like a minor character rather than a true partner. I want more of the dragons, not less. I know this sounds like I hated it, but I didn’t. It made me sigh out loud several times, but I wanted them to persevere and hoped there would be payoff in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Animal death

linselus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Blood and Slavery