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Inheritance

Christopher Paolini

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adventurous emotional slow-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
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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
adventurous emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It’s actually over. It had taken me a month to read the whole seriers. Now that I know about Murray’s I can’t wait to read it.
Overall what a brilliant and heartfelt finale. Sloan seeing his daughter and granddaughter made me cry a little inside. It was just so I do t know what to say.
I really hoped that Ferin and Sapphira would have babies together.
The ending was so bittersweet

This ending rapidly caught up with me and I feel like I still have so many more questions.
SpoilerWhat's the go with Angela - what's her back story? What about the hermit? Why did Arya/Eragon not get together? What about Nasuada/Murtagh? Why can't werecats become dragon riders?


Audiobook version was hilarious - the dragons in particular were yoda-esque and were often a sharp awakening as I was falling off to sleep.

TL;DR
SpoilerAll of Eragon's friends became Kings and Queens of their respective races. And then everyone from the Fellowship meets up to see Eragan and Saphira sail off the edge of the known world.
adventurous challenging emotional 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: Yes

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adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Paolini shines in world building. I literally picked up this series again because I wanted to live through his eyes of how he built Alagaesia and visit the cities that he had crafted. Sequences where it’s just Eragon and Saphira figuring out shit or fighting storms are poetic and beautiful.

And the plot culmination was good too but the death of Galbatorrix felt like I’d seen it a bunch of times.

I recalled it wrongly because I remember thinking Eragon left Alagaesia because he was fated to and just kinda followed it along. But it’s good to see some agency. And his growth has been lovely. From an immature creep to a respectful lover.

And there’s a new book out since I last read it! So on to the next!

Well, it was good but definitely not great. I think it should have ended maybe a hundred or so pages earlier and done a quicker job tying up the loose ends. I really loved the first two books, and enjoyed the third (although I had thought it was supposed to end there and was quite surprised when it didn't!)
adventurous emotional sad tense medium-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
adventurous challenging 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