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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
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.
Böckerna om Eragon är otroligt tjocka. Den här sista är på nästan 900 sidor och det i kombination med att jag kanske inte varit alldeles överväldigad av de tidigare tre har gjort att den blivit stående oläst väldigt länge. Nu är den äntligen läst. Läs mer på http://bokslut.blogspot.se/2015/04/arvtagaren-av-christopher-paolini.html
He surprised me by writing an original twist for once, at least not one I've come across yet--not taken from Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, or any other major fantasy that I've read (as he had been wont to do in the previous books). He still needs to work on his tendency to ramble and his apparent aversion to cuts in editing.
I actually really enjoyed this book - once I started to skip over the chapters narrated by Roran. He was a great character to have in the first few books as Eragon's anchor to his childhood, but Paolini did not need to bring him in as a major narrator. His chapters never had anything to do with the overall story line, and some of this exploits were just completely unneeded. The only chapter of his I liked was when they showed the final battle scene. Not having a point of view from that battle while Eragon was battling Galbatorix would have seemed incomplete - although again, I think it went longer than it aught to and we never found out who the mysterious woman was who helped Roran in the battle. Oh well...
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I was happy with Eragon's story. The way he finally defeated Galbatorix I thought was very well done, if not slightly anti-climatic. However, I immensely enjoyed the growth of his character throughout this book - most pointedly at the end. I also loved Saphira.
I've read that many people were actually opposed to the capture of Nasuada and saw it as yet another filler in the story. However, I thought it was immensely important, and actually very well done. The whole point of it was to 1) show Galbatorix. Before the scenes of this torture he was simply an idea. We knew in theory he was bad, but to truly hate him the readers had to see him in action. We had to understand his nature, and then hate him for it. Paolini did an excellent job with that. 2) Give Mortaugh a reason for his true name to change, and therefore defeat Galbatorix. If you think about it, Eragon was not the only one who defeated Galbatorix; it was also Mortaugh. Mortaugh had to have the bond formed with Nasuada to realize in himself the need and ability to fight for someone else - to care enough for someone else that he was battling for them. Through this his true name changes and he is able to become his own man again, thus allowing Eragon to defeat Galbatorix.
I was a little disappointed with the ending, as I wanted to know more about Angela the Herbalist, as well as follow Mortaugh more. Also, what was the point of the belt Eragon lost? No point at all and I was ready for it to reek havoc! Paolini says he will again visit this world, al beit in years or in months, and if he does I think he should continue with the story line. I feel like there should be another book, although with a better editor.
Like I said, I enjoyed this book and I'm glad I read the series.
*************SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!*******************
I was happy with Eragon's story. The way he finally defeated Galbatorix I thought was very well done, if not slightly anti-climatic. However, I immensely enjoyed the growth of his character throughout this book - most pointedly at the end. I also loved Saphira.
I've read that many people were actually opposed to the capture of Nasuada and saw it as yet another filler in the story. However, I thought it was immensely important, and actually very well done. The whole point of it was to 1) show Galbatorix. Before the scenes of this torture he was simply an idea. We knew in theory he was bad, but to truly hate him the readers had to see him in action. We had to understand his nature, and then hate him for it. Paolini did an excellent job with that. 2) Give Mortaugh a reason for his true name to change, and therefore defeat Galbatorix. If you think about it, Eragon was not the only one who defeated Galbatorix; it was also Mortaugh. Mortaugh had to have the bond formed with Nasuada to realize in himself the need and ability to fight for someone else - to care enough for someone else that he was battling for them. Through this his true name changes and he is able to become his own man again, thus allowing Eragon to defeat Galbatorix.
I was a little disappointed with the ending, as I wanted to know more about Angela the Herbalist, as well as follow Mortaugh more. Also, what was the point of the belt Eragon lost? No point at all and I was ready for it to reek havoc! Paolini says he will again visit this world, al beit in years or in months, and if he does I think he should continue with the story line. I feel like there should be another book, although with a better editor.
Like I said, I enjoyed this book and I'm glad I read the series.
i told myself i would write a scathing review of the whole series when i finished but i am just so happy to be done with it that i have no energy left. this series legitimately made my soul leave my body with how poorly planned and written it was. i truly have absolutely no clue how tf people are so in love with it. it must be nostalgia. there is not much groundbreaking or even that interesting about this series. in fact a lot of it is just plain bad. i honestly think i may have blocked some of it from my memory. anyway, so instead, i shall highlight my main issues and … disturbances reading this particular book. which happens to already be a lot of things so idek how long the review i had initially intended would be
first off, why would you write a whole SERIES, a whole FOUR BOOKS leading up to a big bad enemy only to kill said enemy in such a dumb and boring way??? ur telling me the galbatorix that the author spent 4 whole books making out to be an all powerful tyrant who is so cool and dangerous is killed by… guilt??? by feeling bad for what he did??? no i mean literally. that is how he died. eragon made him ~feel all the emotional pain he inflicted~ like the loser of a main character he is and galbatorix literally just poofs into dust after screaming a bunch about how he felt bad. that’s just beyond laughable. i’m not even fully sure how to comment. like come on
first off, why would you write a whole SERIES, a whole FOUR BOOKS leading up to a big bad enemy only to kill said enemy in such a dumb and boring way??? ur telling me the galbatorix that the author spent 4 whole books making out to be an all powerful tyrant who is so cool and dangerous is killed by… guilt??? by feeling bad for what he did??? no i mean literally. that is how he died. eragon made him ~feel all the emotional pain he inflicted~ like the loser of a main character he is and galbatorix literally just poofs into dust after screaming a bunch about how he felt bad. that’s just beyond laughable. i’m not even fully sure how to comment. like come on
It could have been better. Definately disliked the ending. I don't think I will ever re-read the books again. For me books are about entertainment, joy and fun. The forth part was not...
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
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