Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Feb 10, 2013 Debbie rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy

Book four in the Inheritance cycle (audiobook read by Gerard Doyle).

Eragon continues to fight minor battles and to train, but will he be able to defeat Galbatorix in the final battle?

I'm torn about how to review this book. I might have liked it better had I read it instead of listening to the audiobook. Though Gerard Doyle does a fine job with the narration, Paolini is definitely too wordy for my taste and the reader can't skim with an audiobook! I found many of the battle scenes boring, despite ...more

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Sep 22, 2010 Joanna rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: rws-2011-winter, 2011-read, fantasy-sci-fi, audiobooks

I don't know why I continue reading this series. It must be the excellent narration provided by Gerald Doyle for the audiobooks. This book is way too long and not much really happens. There's no reason why the third book of this "trilogy" needed to be broken into two 850 page/30 hour books. Still, dragon warfare is good fodder for commuting -- it requires very little mental attention but is mostly entertaining. The ending of this book/series was pretty disappointing; after the final battle, the ...more

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Nov 27, 2011 Larissa rated it liked it

So the series is over. I enjoyed it but am glad it is over as the last book was long and I was ready to start reading something else. A fun, easy listen and good storytelling, but some things were never brought to closure so I am guessing even though the series is supposed to be over, there may be some books in the future following the characters.

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