Inheritance: Book Four: 4 (The Inheritance Cycle, 4) Paperback – 25 Oct. 2012

A brilliant end to the series which ties up all of the story points well while still leaving the door open to return to Alagaesia.It’s immensely satisfying and finally meeting Galbatorix is very daunting. Considering it took 4 books to meet him he is impressively menacing and it feels truly hopeless that he will be defeated. The last 100 pages are dedicated to what the world looks like after the war against the empire which gives plenty of time to tie up everything in a wonderful way. I’m so glad to know that he has written Murtagh and can’t wait to get into it!

First of all.. NO SPOILERS!!!Positives1) Christopher Paolini has a certain style of writing which is unique.. it is well detailed, enrapturing and flowing.2)In general I felt this book lived up to standards of the previous books in the series.. better infact. A lot of books do not always tie up all the loose ends. The fact that this book did pleasantly surprised me. A few examples - Sloan in Du Weldenvarden(does he recieve his eyesight?), The Menoa tree (Eragon owed the Menoa tree for taking the brightsteel for his sword Brisingr), Birgit (Roran caused the death of her husband in book one and she wanted revenge - I forgot about this!). This is one of the single most reasons why I am satisfied with the book. You may or may not like the ending but at least it addresses all of the unfinished business.3) Another satisfactory point addressed in this book is that in general, books tend to end with or shortly after 'the final battle'(whatever the outcome may be). In Inheritance the final battle ends and there are a good few chapters of the aftermath.. what happens, unrest, happiness, businesses etc.4) I am thoroughly happy with what Eragon and Saphira found in Vroenguard in the Vault of souls (was not expecting that!!! Readers you will know what I am talking about). Also the Eldunari make things more realistic in terms of power to the Varden.5) The 'final battle' was appropriate.. Galbatorix afterall has serious power for a reason. The way in which Eragon fights back is fitting.Negatives1) It can be frustrating when a particular exciting chapter in Eragons life is left dangling with anticipation and is then followed by a chapter in Roran's life. But to be fair, this is because the storyline is so good you just want to find out what happens next. All about the suspense!!! Also, some people may find the lengthy descriptions tedious but I find its the right amount.2) Romantics - sorry but you will be dissapointed severely in this book. We hear nothing about Arya for 1000s of pages and this outcome was a seriously under... no words to describe. In its own way, it has its own special meaning but if we are being honest I expected more!! Also, nothing blossoms with Nasuada.. COME ON! Personally this was the singlemost negative in this whole book. COME ON!3) Very final ending is a little sad.All in all however I have to rate this book 5 stars. It is very good storytelling and more!! Such a justified 'final battle' and the Vault of Souls on Vroenguard was unexpected. Well done Mr. Paolini.

The final book is unexpected. Well resolved but leaving much to ponder. Probably the best resolution since it's not predictable, but man, I was kinda of mad for a bit. It takes a while to grasp the problems.

I gave this book 4 Stars because for me The series as a whole has been one big journey,I started reading this series when I was 12. whilst the first book blew me away and the second seemingly followed up in a fairly decent fasion with some minor complaints.The 3rd Book seemed a bit of a turning point and didn't come accross with the same excitment the other books held for me. But I figured this was in part because Paolini had to cut the book in half.So here we are 4th book promising a fantastic end... right?*SPOILERS*The book picks up mid battle, described in much similar fashion to the battle at the end of book 3. Some stuff happens and Roran nearly dies, but it's ok he gets better and no further mention is made of it.Some magical new weapon thats designed to kill Dragons shows up and the good guys aquire it with seemingly no effort. (Yes those who felt slightly jarred at Eragons magical transformation in Book 2 will feel sore again.)The Story moves forward and moves here and there with not much really happening.skip forward a bit and Eragon goes out the find this Vault of Souls business thats been mentioned since book 1.*HUGE SPOILER WARNING*He finds it, and once again the good guys find a magic vault filled with Dragon Eggs / Hearts.Skip ahead to the final confrontation and as expected Murtagh can't stay evil and bettween them he and Eragon manage to struggle through and beat Galbatorix. Which came accross much like the scene in Starwars where Luke finaly confronts Vader and the EmperorThe final chapters take place in a series of time skips over what I estimate is about 8-10 months.The New rider appears no prizes for guessing who. But the obvious romance thats been developing bettween the two is sort of waved away with a "we are no who we once were but I need time to decide" speech.Then suddenly Eragon decides the best thing to do is leave the land all together and rebuild the riders in some distant land.*Spoilers End*Points for keeping to the whole overall prophecy bit (the one given by Angela in book 1) But it kind of left me with two nagging thoughts.1) If all that was fated was there any point in Eragon doing anything? Since it was all clearly meant to work out.2) Thats surely a rather silly move? He leaves a kingdom he just helped form in turmoil, he being the only Rider capable of putting down the ivneitable uprisings and civil wars, opts to just leave and move on?I like to think the series as a whole could be massivley improved if it had taken place over serveral years.Eragons training taking Years not Months the whole transformation bit could have been explained more as a gradual transformation that came with his building abilities as a Rider.Roran could have been given great character development and one clear opportunity for it was just sort of mentioned in passing the totaly ignored.Other characters who had previously been prominent are pushed to the sideliens Orik (One of my favoruite characters) gets little mentionGalbatorix could have also been given more screen time, he makes a few appearances during the chapters leading up to the final confrontation and then he never really fights Eragon.Overall the Books have been a great read. I loved the book but only really because I loved Book 1 + 2.(Sorry for any poor spelling or punctuation)