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A review by alialu
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
5.0
"The dreams of starlings are equal to the concerns of kings."
I've been crying my eyes out all through this reread of the entire Inheritance Cycle. And it was all because as soon as I started to love the story again, I remembered the ending… And even if I'm more tan 10 years older tan when I first read it… I think I can't yet cope with it lmao.
In fact, I've always been so not able to cope with it, that it's basically the reason I started writing. I needed the story to continue at the moment… to have my favourite characters reunited, to keep the dragons coming, to keep the love coming…
Anyway, let's try to be a little bit more mature about it.
It's a great ending. It's foretold, it leaves so many things open for next installments, it hints at... things……
And it dumbfoundingly breaks my heart, time after time.
This book is the one I've read the least times, and so I remembered so much less of it, and that made it wonderful to another level. So let's try and make this review like this was my first Reading overall.
"I'm glad Saphira chose you as her Rider, Eragon. And I'm proud to have fought alongside you. You have become more than any of us dared hope. Whatever happens tomorrow, know that."
First, anyone fight me if they want, but this book is finally well written. Full stop. The worldbuilding is great, the characters have clear personalities, the pacing moves correctly (more slowly at some points, but that's just natural). Eragon and Eldest was not, I admit. But this is another thing. And if people can just stop being bitter about the fact that he became a bestselling author with a non-so-well-written-first-book, (that is, people, because the story has always been great, and engaging), that would be good, thank you :).
As I was saying, the story in this installment is amazing again. It ties so many things up. Things that had been a question ever since book 1, come together here. The emotion is right up your throat through a huge portion of the book.
I've also loved how we get a hundred pages of the "after", so we can picture what is about to become of Alagaësia. (even if my heart would have been so much content if the story ended in Illirea :( )
Eragon's development is huge, and I love the Young man he becomes.
His relationship with Arya also grows so much here, and I just love it.
I've read people say that they wished "it could have been at least hinted"... but man, IT IS HINTED
Roran is still an idiot, and Birgit's thing is... unnecessary. But well. He didn't bother me as much. He's not that present in this book, overall.
Nasuada's chapters were so raw, and so beautiful on the background. Also something that makes the ending more heart-wrenching :/.
Also, how cool is Urû'baen with the stone slab? So cool.
My heart keeps coming back to the ending though...
But let's talk about the "not-so-much-an-ending" ending.
The final battle against Gabs is AWESOME. I love everything about it. I love how it doesn't comes down to crude strenght. I love Murtagh (obviously).
I love how he made him understand...
It comes out great, because we all knew they were kind of doomed in what they were trying to do, so it's perfect that they don't manage to overpower him by some strange and new power. No, the ending here is pure emotion (for everyone, xdxd), and it got me in tears yet again.
And then there's the ending-ending...
Ah, my god. I see and I kind of agree with what CP did, but it's still...
Honestly when he comes back to the story, I just want.
But well...
To finish...
WE GOT 26 PEOPLE!!! 26!!! (L)
I've been crying my eyes out all through this reread of the entire Inheritance Cycle. And it was all because as soon as I started to love the story again, I remembered the ending… And even if I'm more tan 10 years older tan when I first read it… I think I can't yet cope with it lmao.
In fact, I've always been so not able to cope with it, that it's basically the reason I started writing. I needed the story to continue at the moment… to have my favourite characters reunited, to keep the dragons coming, to keep the love coming…
Anyway, let's try to be a little bit more mature about it.
It's a great ending. It's foretold, it leaves so many things open for next installments, it hints at... things……
And it dumbfoundingly breaks my heart, time after time.
This book is the one I've read the least times, and so I remembered so much less of it, and that made it wonderful to another level. So let's try and make this review like this was my first Reading overall.
"I'm glad Saphira chose you as her Rider, Eragon. And I'm proud to have fought alongside you. You have become more than any of us dared hope. Whatever happens tomorrow, know that."
First, anyone fight me if they want, but this book is finally well written. Full stop. The worldbuilding is great, the characters have clear personalities, the pacing moves correctly (more slowly at some points, but that's just natural). Eragon and Eldest was not, I admit. But this is another thing. And if people can just stop being bitter about the fact that he became a bestselling author with a non-so-well-written-first-book, (that is, people, because the story has always been great, and engaging), that would be good, thank you :).
As I was saying, the story in this installment is amazing again. It ties so many things up. Things that had been a question ever since book 1, come together here. The emotion is right up your throat through a huge portion of the book.
I've also loved how we get a hundred pages of the "after", so we can picture what is about to become of Alagaësia. (even if my heart would have been so much content if the story ended in Illirea :( )
Eragon's development is huge, and I love the Young man he becomes.
His relationship with Arya also grows so much here, and I just love it.
I've read people say that they wished "it could have been at least hinted"... but man, IT IS HINTED
Spoiler
I mean he makes a fairth of her, she looks at it, and then tells him her true name????????? what else do you need as a hint??????? It also makes the ending so much more heart-breaking.Roran is still an idiot, and Birgit's thing is... unnecessary. But well. He didn't bother me as much. He's not that present in this book, overall.
Nasuada's chapters were so raw, and so beautiful on the background. Also something that makes the ending more heart-wrenching :/.
Also, how cool is Urû'baen with the stone slab? So cool.
My heart keeps coming back to the ending though...
But let's talk about the "not-so-much-an-ending" ending.
The final battle against Gabs is AWESOME. I love everything about it. I love how it doesn't comes down to crude strenght. I love Murtagh (obviously).
I love how he made him understand...
It comes out great, because we all knew they were kind of doomed in what they were trying to do, so it's perfect that they don't manage to overpower him by some strange and new power. No, the ending here is pure emotion (for everyone, xdxd), and it got me in tears yet again.
And then there's the ending-ending...
Ah, my god. I see and I kind of agree with what CP did, but it's still...
Honestly when he comes back to the story, I just want
Spoiler
Arya to go to the new island and leave in peace and surrounded by dragons. Just give me thatBut well...
To finish...
WE GOT 26 PEOPLE!!! 26!!! (L)