Inheritance 04. Inheritance

by Christopher Paolini

English language

Published Dec. 28, 2011 by Alfred A. Knopf.

ISBN:: 9780307930743

(33 reviews)

Not so very long ago, Eragon -- Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider -- was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders. Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no one can. There will be no second chances. The Rider and his dragon have come further than anyone dared to hope. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagaesia? And if so, at what cost? This is the much-anticipated, astonishing conclusion to the worldwide bestselling Inheritance cycle. - Publisher.

13 editions

Jack Indaboks reviewed Inheritance 04. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

5 Star Series. 3 Star Ending.

4 stars

Content warning Mild spoiler of ending trope

The melancholy "he saved the world for all but himself" trope is so overdone. It felt like Paolini had a certain ending in mind and fought against his own worldbuilding to get there. It did not have to end that way. And the meaninglessness made the less-than-happy ending that much more unbearable. I'll admit that I'm biased toward happy endings. I'm a hopeless romantic. But I can still appreciate a melancholy ending if it's narratively satisfying. Paolini tried to do that, but he failed to convince me that it was the only solution so it fell flat.

I did find a nice fanfic alt ending. Reads like fanfic - dialog voice isn't quite right and development is somewhat lacking, but the plot is so much better and more believable than the original, especially if you read between the lines and make the connections that the fanfic author fails to make explicitly: m.fanfiction.net/s/7558100/1/

fiainros reviewed Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

Review of 'Inheritance' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

In April 2007, I listened to an audio version of this book. It was the unabridged audio. I have a long commute, and since I was not a huge fan of Eragon, felt time was better spent listening to the book and reading other books I would like better.

Eldest was an improvement over Eragon, although, again, Paolini's plot and twists are transparent.

stupidlamb reviewed Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

Review of 'Inheritance' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Spoilers. Loooove this story, its been a wonderful journey and Ive enjoyed all the books so much.
However, the ending is just bad. Theres way too many things not making proper sense, like Eragon just sitting down there healing small wounds after Galbatorix blew himself up, while Arya is up there in danger trying to save the last egg and the eldunari, with a tower falling down on her. Why the hell didnt he fly up there to aid her as soon as he had landed with the children, and to look properly for Blödgharn and the other elves?!?!? Its what he would have done, and did, all the previous times. It just didnt make any sense at all and just irritates the reader. And why would Nasuada suddenly bind all who has magic, its the same as Galbatorix did. Eragon should have made sure she never did that, it would only have been right from his standpoints, and he had the power to make sure of it. Yet he just grovels and complies like shes a god and says no and flies off?!? That, and the very end as well, seperating them like that, and not even having Murtagh join them so they wouldnt be so alone, or rebuilding Vroengard instead of this nonsense with them flying to the other end of the world, made the difference between 3 and 5 stars for me. Utterly disapointing and poor end to a fantastic story! But great overall and Im sad its over.