A review by frozel
Eldest by Christopher Paolini

adventurous medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Woop, Woop! I finally got to read this after so many years of wanting to do so. I will say that my feelings about Eldest are very much similar to that of Eragon. The two are structured similar, if not the exact same (at least it feels like it). While reading both, I felt like I was endlessly waiting for something momentous or exciting to happen only for the meat of the action to arrive in the third act. Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy most of the journey from beginning to end, but I can’t deny that I felt something amiss with Eldest just as with Eragon. This is definitely something I’ll have to think over as I eventually dive into Brisingr.

Additional Notes:
I don’t care for Nasuada, Roran or Orik. I also despise the incessant love eyes and moves Eragon tries to pull on Arya despite her rejecting him time and time again. No means no. It didn’t just start meaning as such in recent times.