A review by honeywaffles
Murtagh by Christopher Paolini

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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