I enjoyed this book immensely while the other three failed to grab my attention. Inheritance has everything the others lacked: enough mystery to make me want answers, romance (not enough though!), suspense and a lot of action, although the other ones did have action in them but not as this one. The war is really on this time and the different characters' point of view makes the book exciting. We can really imagine the battles they fight, as we get to watch it from every point of view. And Christopher Paolini's writing doesn't make it all that difficult to imagine; for he describes everything in details. I also enjoyed some nice surprises throughout the book. But the big surprise and a small disappointment (for me) was the ending. I was so sure about the ending of Inheritance before reading it, but the ending was totally different from what I imagined it! But it was nice ending, anyway. Another nice thing was that the book still goes on even after the war has ended. I love to know what will happen to the characters once something big happens. Most books end after a big event and you don't receive a lot of information about the characters' future. I'm sure a lot of you like it to imagine the future of your beloved characters, but I don't. I like to know what the author of the book imagines because he was the one who created in the first place. But anyway this book was great! And I'm glad I decided to read it even after not enjoying the other three. It was a nice ending for the long-awaited conclusion of the Inheritance cycle.
Ps.: For those of you, who haven't read Eragon I would strongly recommend thinking before buying the book. If you are a big fan of action then this book may just be what you are looking for. I guess fans of Lord of the Rings would enjoy this book, too.
I just finished reading Inheritance last week and I most say Christopher had me hooked. I had been waiting so long for this book ever since I read Brisingr. I loved the journey from Eragon to this final book. Eragon and Saphira as grown so much together and my Eragon became a leader of the Varden, YEAH! although he wasn't very happy about that. I loved the details, I could just picture the scenes in my mind. I am also disappointed about the lacking of more in dept romance between Eragon and Arya. Arya as a dragon rider though I didn't expect that, Whoohoo!. I look forward to Christopher going back to this world and answering all those questions I still have especially, just who is Angela the Herbalist really? I think your review is wonderful and I join you in recommending this series to anyone.
ReplyDeleteA great review! I really have to catch up on this series.
ReplyDeleteI have to say I was disappointed in this book. I thought it was too long and that large portions could have been cut out because we didn't need that much detail (of course this was a problem with Brisingr as well). I actually did see Arya becoming a dragon rider. My husband and I talked about it. She had been one of our leading contenders for it since book one. I was disappointed with the big fight scene with Gallbatorix. I thought in the end it was kind of a let down. I was also disappointed with the romance, it was just unsatisfying all around. There are several men authors who can right romance (Nicholas Sparks, anyone!), so I don't know what Paolini's excuse is. The ending was a disappointment for me as well. It took me forever to get through this one and was just not a satisfying end to a series I've actually really enjoyed :(
ReplyDeleteI have finish this book. It's really great book same like before this book. Just the ending not good, I hope there was another book to let us know what will happen with eragon, shapira and the eggs.
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