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BUT, the first half of this book dragged on longer than it needed to in my opinion. This is a truly epic series. If you love heroic quests with amazing dragons, interesting magic systems, and little romance, this is definitely one to check out!

View 2 comments. May 20, Drakonflight rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites. It took me forever to read this book it's over pages but I am finally done and ready to write a review.

Obviously, this book is the end of the Inheritance cycle. You have no idea how profoundly sad that makes me. I love this series, and some of my all-time favorite book moments occur during it. I shall never forget you. Despite, how long it is, you don't really notice. Riordan paced the book perfectly, so it never feels like some new, completely unfeasible stretch is being made to end t It took me forever to read this book it's over pages but I am finally done and ready to write a review.

Riordan paced the book perfectly, so it never feels like some new, completely unfeasible stretch is being made to end the series. Believe me, nothing outlandish like, oh, say, coming back to life after being hit by a death spell happens to force an end to the series. The end comes naturally, and you can see it coming. Inheritance reminds me of another, lasting pillar in the fantasy community; The Return of the King from the Lord of the Rings.

Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if thirty or so years from now, this cycle is held in the same sort of esteem. I believe this series shall endure for a long time. And don't forget, Paolini still has years of writing ahead of him, and in the acknowledgments he mentioned possibly returning to Alagaesia.

If he does, I doubt Eragon and Saphira shall play any role, but there are so many other characters he could turn to, Roran and Thorn especially. I feel their story is only beginning. Of course, even if the characters we love are never mentioned, I would still eagerly embark on any new tale Paolini presents. With Inheritance, he has proved himself a truly amazing author, and concluded a riveting tale begun so many years ago. View all 22 comments. Nov 09, Saga rated it did not like it.

The dreaded Green Brick's actually lurking out there now. And some incredibly masochistic part of myself desires to find out whether it's as horrible as the prequels. Oh Paolini, why do you have to insist on being the Stephanie Meyer of "high fantasy"? View all 8 comments.

Jan 09, Lazaros rated it really liked it Shelves: young-adult , dragons , tear-jerkers , fantasy , adventure , magic , high-fantasy , boy-power. My feelings right now: Coming to its end, this series was overall amazing and made me feel so cozy and at home that I won't ever be able to part with it. I cannot begin to describe my love for the protagonist, Eragon, who is by far my favorite male lead character.

Paolini created a character and managed to make us grasp Eragon's entity. He is not just a fictional character to me, he is more, he is real and if you try to contradict me I will hurt you. This series had so many aspects to the things My feelings right now: Coming to its end, this series was overall amazing and made me feel so cozy and at home that I won't ever be able to part with it.

This series had so many aspects to the things and it may have sometimes grown boring but that doesn't make it any less perfect. I got to know to many characters, I grew to love many characters and in each of them I find a little bit of myself and for that I'm grateful to Paolini. I am pretty happy with the way the series came to end and I full understand why the author chose to do it this way.. What I'm not content with is the way Eragon and Arya parted.

He loves her so much and I'm not sure he will ever be able to forget his feelings about her and I'm also sure that she is every bit in love with him as he is with her and I would have liked, at least, a kiss before they parted. Not words. Just a kiss in order to hold on to the thought that in some AU Arya joins Eragon in the unknown and have many babies.

I'm so helplessly cheesy, I know. Lastly, this book has wrecked me for life. This entire world. I love it. It's a part of me. View all 5 comments. Apr 05, Jerecho rated it really liked it Shelves: fiction , anything-with-dragons , epic-fantasy , fantasy. The last book of the inheritance cycle Blah Frustrated waiting for a sale for this one, because no matter how I count, my money is not enough Then one day, I passby our local bookstore, and the sales lady named Jessica called me up and says the book you want is half the price.

I immediately went to the display book in order to get this book But someone is holding it the last stock The last book of the inheritance cycle But someone is holding it the last stock in sale Letting my finger cross, and saying in my head please don't buy it Luckily, she just put it down and go somewhere else And I say a loud YES in my head Then I got to buy the book Inheritance, I got you Its the ending I guess I like Brisgr more than this one, but I will always treasure the book because it reminds of patience and luck sometimes join forces in order for me to have a smile.

Jan 24, Heidi The Reader rated it really liked it Shelves: fantasy-and-sci-fi , fiction , young-adult , the-numinous-book-club. Christopher Paolini brings his fantasy series for young adults to an end with Inheritance , the fourth and final book in The Inheritance Cycle. Eragon, Saphira, the Varden and their various allies including elves, dwarves and urgals, make their way to Uru-baen, the capital of the evil Galbatorix's empire, in a thrilling set of battles that bring a conclusion to the struggle between the characters of this world.

If you've been following my reviews as I made my way through this series, you'll note th Christopher Paolini brings his fantasy series for young adults to an end with Inheritance , the fourth and final book in The Inheritance Cycle.

If you've been following my reviews as I made my way through this series, you'll note that this is the highest rating four stars I've given any of the books. I could tell that Paolini brought all of the skills that he learned in writing the first three books to this one. The characters are well-developed as he's had thousands of pages to make them that way. The battles are nail-bitingly awesome.

The fallout after the main confrontation is long enough to tie up loose ends, but not so long that I was tired of reading about the world. And it is a fun world to visit. Paolini took his cues from the classics of fantasy to craft his own world so that it feels familiar in a comforting way to fans of fantasy fiction.

But that familiarity cuts both ways. Paolini doesn't move far from the expected tropes in the creation of his story. There were a few large reveals in Inheritance that I wanted to be more imaginative than the twists that Paolini crafted. That being said, I did enjoy this book more than all the others. Once I started the final hundred pages, I couldn't put the book down. I think this series could be a lot of fun for young readers.

Despite its predictability, there is much to enjoy in The Inheritance Cycle. Older readers or the young at heart might want something that veers a little more off of the expected paths. Oct 21, Charlotte rated it it was ok Shelves: didn-t-give-a-flying-meh , hard-to-tell , title-gave-plot-away. This review Let's just say, I might have been very, very tired when I wrote it, and write another review.

Perhaps a more cohesive, comprehensive one. This book was split into two because the author found he was writing too much to compress into one book. Dude, that's because there were too many battles and unnecessary bullshit going on here. They could have easily been one novel.

I'm going to summarize Inheritance with one word: bloated. There is a whole chap Wow. There is a whole chapter about a dwarf rolling a ball of dirt together. I shit you not. Another thing that was pretty crappy: there are far too many chapters about Roran.

Roran this, Roran that. Roran fighting battles and being badass, Roran smashing people to pieces with his hammer, Roran adding absolutely nothing to the plot and taking up probably around valuable pages of plot and character development. No thanks. To elaborate on how much the ending sucked ass Well, it did. Paolini basically wrote himself into a corner with an invincible villain and had to undo it by having Galbatorix defeated by Some more things that bothered me I'll keep adding onto the review as I think of them : Firnen.

The badass green dragon, the one who you see on the cover of this novel, so he MUST be important, right?? The badass green dragon who shows up for the last 50 pages of the novel and does absolutely NOTHING except make sweet, sweet love to Saphira while Eragon and Arya watch uncomfortably, presumably experiencing every sweet second of it through their psychic epic mind connections.

So, it's kind of as if Eragon and Arya did get together, right? Once I explain the technicalities to any fangirls who haven't already figured it out, I can picture a victory celebration held by victorious shippers. On second thought, I better not explain anything. The series was no masterpiece but it was entertaining enough.

This book wasn't terrible, so far as the series' standards go. By normal standards it was pretty shitty, but one thing I can comment positively on was the character development. We can see very clearly that Eragon has turned from a year-old creepy hormonal small-town farmer and also a total loser into a regal dragon rider with far more control over every aspect of himself. That's a good thing, right? So I've fulfilled my obligations? I can go now?

Okay, review over. View all 4 comments. Overall, compare these four books, 'Eragon', 'Eldest', 'Brisingr' and Inheritance' in 'Inheritance Cycle' series the last two books were lot better than the first two books. Mar 27, Kasey rated it it was ok Shelves: ya , fantasy. It was by far TOO perfect and way too tidy. A blade that can slice through anything except the sheath it's kept in?! The reference was Raxacoricofallapatorius You won't be disappointed with her parts in the book my opinion, some of the best parts , but Paolini dangles this mysterious character in our face for three books and gives us NOTHING concrete at the end.

There are some vague hints you can put together however you want, I just wish he would have gave us something definitive. In my opinion, the book was okay, but not great. That's my opinion. I would, however, recommend this series because while I didn't like the last book doesn't mean you won't like it. It's a matter of opinion; I think some people will love this book, others like me will think it's ok but that it could have been better, and others will absolutely hate it.

She is too perfect already and that being a dragon rider is the only thing Eragon is better than her at--admit it I think that the next dragon rider will be a character that was briefly mentioned in the past two books No more speculations, but all I have to say is that I can't wait for November!!! View all 10 comments. Feb 18, Zenki the Pixie rated it it was ok. I love how nothing is black-and-white with Christopher Paolini.

He touches every angle when it comes to narrating. Because of this, victory doesn't always mean rejoice, and defeat doesn't always mean despair. But there's a downside of him overthinking everything -- the dialogue became stilted, bland, and awkward, the elements bordered on being nonsensical, and I never thought there's such a thing as too much world-building up until The Inheritance Cycle.

I'm not really difficult to please, so it I love how nothing is black-and-white with Christopher Paolini. I'm not really difficult to please, so it's no surprise that I find myself deeply attached to some of the characters, Roran and Murtagh more than the others, but I also realize that this series could be much, much better had Christopher Paolini written the book with a different style and approach. If you read the book without stopping, merely being a spectator focused on the story and its events, you might not notice a lot of things are off, or maybe you'll notice them but you'll tolerate them.

It isn't supposed to be amusing or adorable, it's supposed to be rrraaaaarrrrghhh. It's like how my dog would think if my dog had telepathic abilities. It's corny and out-of-place. The narration's also pretty straightforward and transparent, which isn't really good.

For example: "You can find ways to work against him. That's what you can do! Even if your oaths will allow only the smallest of rebellions, the smallest of rebellions might still prove to be his undoing. Excuse me?! Is this a script? Show don't tell, damn it. I accepted Christopher Paolini's style amicably in the beginning, and my acceptance lasted for three books, but my tolerance can only do so much. It's like an academic writer attempting to write creatively. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, but one has to understand there's a difference and if one uses an academic writing approach in fiction, there's also a limitation.

If I was the editor, I would've cut dozens of paragraphs and chapters to spare the readers of boring text. I know it's very difficult for a writer to throw away pages made with blood and sweat, but for the sake of art, it should be done sometimes.

Even though slow-paced to a fault, Paolini's timing is commendable -- consistent and realistic. It's still a disease, though. It feels like he's too loyal with this consistency that he's willing to stay stuck in too-trivial details and whatnot, risking so much of the book's entertainment factor.

It withholds drama, suspense, and action. As if that isn't enough. A lot of the details are also out-of-place and out-of-balance. It's disappointing how Paolini left out in-depth narrations on important events e. Maybe it's an attempt of Paolini to cover up plot holes? It probably works sometimes, but it's not like it's a hundred percent effective.

I can still mention stuff that don't make sense. I don't know about y'all great and mighty Eldunari, but if you want to defeat Galbatorix, then you'd do everything in your power to defeat Galbatorix right??? I understand the hiding part -- since the Eldunari that recused themselves from the fight were those that were too old and too young.

But the dragon eggs? Come on! So many dragon eggs hidden and you relied on one stolen egg from the king himself when you could've been choosing riders to train and then begin building an army.

From what you said, majority of those eggs aren't even bound to riders. I understand it's difficult because it takes a huge amount of effort to focus on who or what you want to drain, but it could be practiced.

What if Eragon learned how to drain Galbatorix's energy while fighting Galbatorix himself? He wouldn't be so helpless then. Just a thought.

Murtagh told her of the alterations he had made to the saddle Galbatorix had given him for Thorn--changes that Murtagh was justifiably proud of, as they allowed him to mount and dismount faster, as well as to draw his sword with less inconvenience. She told him about the market streets in Aberon, the capital of Surda, and how, as a child, she had often run away from her nurse I mean, I can't be the only one dissatisfied with how the war ended, right?

After all this talk about how powerful Galbatorix is and how Eragon couldn't possibly hope to defeat him but oh well, let's just charge to the capital and die anyway, I imagined it would be more difficult to kill the man? I don't think it even took 3 chapters!

There was this fight between Murtagh and Eragon, and I don't know what it accomplished. And Galbatorix dies just like that? I guess he did since Eragon's memories of the eggs came back. So I guess that's it. How utterly underwhelming. I shouldn't have read the series. The regret aggravates me. This book drained my patience, that's for sure.

Jan 02, Cheyenne rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy , read-while-homeless. Old review when the prospective title was Shur'tugal: Title fail. Brisingr was hard enough, this is suicide. Only the hardcore fans like me will even bother to learn how to pronounce the title.

New review: "Inheritance" is a GREAT title : First of all, it's a pronounceable, English word, and second, it will actually help us remember what the proper name of the series is! Hope we get to see more of the dragons! There is still a lot of story to be told! May 14, Melody marked it as to-read. Anyone else wondering why he hasn't finished the freaking book yet? Apr 28, Mith rated it really liked it Shelves: wishlist , young-adult , absolutely-spiffing , love-the-cover , wizards-n-dragons , fantasy.

It was better than I expected and then some. The good stuff: 1. An admirable end to the trilogy cycle, with a fair amount of action, intrigue, magic and dragons. The epic battle at Uru'baen was skillfully done and kept me at the edge of my seat. Loved both Murtagh's and Nasuada's storyline.

Paolini's writing has picked up immensely; there was never a dull moment in the book - everybody was always on the move. I'm glad the focus was more on Eragon and Saphira in the book. It was gettin It was better than I expected and then some. It was getting too crowded.

Angela Mooneater. The not-so-good stuff: 1. The editing was shoddy at first. It was painful going through the recap at the beginning. The reveal of the final dragon was a bit of an anticlimax. And I SO saw the identity of last dragon rider coming.

There wasn't enough ANY foreshadowing regarding that or that their memories had been tampered with. I skimmed through most of the chapters which focused on Roran.

I know I'm in the minority here but he just bores me. Somehow, I could never get invested in his character as much I was invested in Eragon's. Brisingr was totally ruined for me because of him. There wasn't enough about Angela in the book to my liking. If that was the case, why hadn't anybody else done it already? The ending. View all 21 comments. Jun 07, Werner rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Fantasy fans, especially those who like dragons.

Shelves: fantasy , books-barb-owns. As the Goodreads description indicates, this concluding volume of the series sees the epic battle between good and evil, freedom and tyranny, come to its powerfully-depicted, awesome conclusion.

But the struggle against Galbatorix isn't the only significant issue here, though it's certainly the central one on which everything else hangs. Win or lose, who will survive the showdown --and who won't? Can the races of Alagaesia learn to live in harmony? What is the future of magic, and of dragonkind? Are Eragon and Arya destined to be together? And have you forgotten the blood debt that Birgit thinks Roran owes her? Paolini hasn't. Our author wraps all these strands up here, in a grand tapestry that's as well-written and compelling in the fourth volume as it was in the first; his mastery of style, characterization and world-building has remained remarkably consistent all the way through.

As a result, many of the general comments in my reviews of earlier books in the series apply to this one as well. It's hard to discuss some of the specific elements here without resorting to spoilers though readers who know much about my general tastes in fiction will garner some conclusions about the ending from the five-star rating itself!

He's also the kind of tyrant who, at a conscious level, is wholly convinced that he's good for the kingdom and that his opponents are the dangerous bad guys; and he's able to articulate his attitude in rhetoric that's eerily parallel to claims we might hear from politicos who want power over us in the real world.

Personally, I give Paolini high marks on both grounds. Moreover, IMO, every aspect of his plotting is excellent; it frequently surprises, and yet you feel, on reflection, that yes, this is exactly the way things needed to happen. He looks unflinchingly at the high cost that doing what's right sometimes carries, and readily affirms that it's worth paying. And he's not afraid to depart from expected convention in the realistic way that his story ends. The conversation there arises naturally, and it's a short one in contrast to the long lecture on the subject that we get at one point in Brisinger.

While not embracing the elves' atheism, Eragon's stance remains agnostic and secular; he's not certain that the gods exist, doubts that they care about people, believes morality should be practiced for its own sake, not fear of punishment, and isn't sure he wants immortality though, as a dragonrider, he's apt to live for centuries.

Before Christian readers react too negatively to this, though, it's important to recognize that in the context of his world's pagan polytheism, these aren't unreasonable attitudes. None of the various cults in Alagaesia contribute constructively to the world in any obvious way that of the priests of Helgrind is obviously pathological.

And an embrace of goodness for its own sake, not from fear of punishment, is the whole goal of Christian sanctification. So as a Christian reader, I'm not offended by Eragon's self-distancing from Alagaesian religion. To be sure, Paolini as an author may have no clue indeed, probably doesn't that Christianity has any different characteristics than Alagaesian paganism.

We assume that everybody in "Christian" America knows what Christians basically believe; but the reality is that vast numbers of Americans have almost no knowledge of our beliefs. But for those of us who know that it does, this is both a window into the perceptions of others and a way for us to better understand our own unique faith by contrast --thus better equipping us to communicate the difference.

Predicting what works of contemporary literature will stand the test of time is a chancy business. But I'd hazard the guess that Paolini's Inheritance Cycle will be recognized in succeeding centuries if the world endures as one of this century's more significant contributions to the fantasy genre. Loading, please wait Free 2-Day Shipping. Same Day Delivery. Please select a store. Deliver to Edit zip code. Ship it. Get it by Tue, Nov 16 with free standard shipping.

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Knopf Books for Young Readers. Age Range: Years. Author: Christopher Paolini. Language: English. Street Date : November 8, TCIN : The Fork, the Witch and the Worm: A wanderer and a cursed child. Spells and magic. And dragons, of course. Now he is struggling with an endless sea of tasks: constructing a vast dragonhold, wrangling with suppliers, guarding dragon eggs, and dealing with belligerent Urgals and haughty elves.