A review by ionaic
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

3.0

It was a bit better than ok, but not quite good. I find this series went downhill as it went on, with the first book being good, and then a slowdropoff from book 2 to book 4. It's hard to point out something that's "wrong," and it's still a reasonable book, a pretty fitting ending to the series, but it fell into some predictable channels and was fairly unsurprising with its plot advancement. I appreciated the direction Paolini took with his romances, which was fairly refreshing to that sinking feeling I get whenever the obvious love interest is introduced in fantasy. A large portion of the book is fairly wordy, for not much advancement however, spending a lot of time explaining the world, without said explanation adding anything in particular. I found myself spending a lot of time not caring about the book in the middle and wishing it would end just so I could know the resolution to the series.

Having said all that, I found it a satisfying end to a series I've been following for years, with enough creativity in its plot advancement and resolutions that I wasn't disappointed in the conclusion to the series and the storylines of characters therein. I would recommend the series overall, especially to young adult readers looking for more fantasy.