Good battles but sucky ending arrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When reading this, I felt as if I was reading another book. It's almost like Paolini took the books of the Lord of the Rings and Naria and put them into one series. It was very disappointing.

This whole series is a joke. I find the fact that Paolini took direct lines from the Lord of the Rings extremely pretentious. There are three that come to mind immediately; I'm sure there are more. In fact, there are so many aspects of this series that are blatantly Lord of the Rings, it's almost offensive. Especially the ending, which so many people seem to have felt so poignantly - it's a direct parallel to Frodo's leaving Middle-Earth for Valinor in Rerturn of the King. Also, the fact that he actually made Arya the next rider is so disappointing. You could see it coming from a mile off. I had hoped it was going to be that girl he saw briefly - the one Angela was casting the knuckle bones for. But she never made another appearance, which bothers me. Every aspect of the climax and ending was completely predictable. There really were no surprises. At all. Actually, the whole of the series follows a very cliche arc...it's on the verge of being personality-less. I mean, I have nothing against Paolini, really. For an author as young as he is to get published is amazing. Good for him. I just think this series is really, really undeserving of the exultant praise it's getting.

Amazing! The ending was a little sad, but the book as a whole is outstanding! Paolini is an amazing writer, and I love his work! I hope that he decides to continue his work because I'm sure it would be worth reading.

Like all the books in the series, the author borrows heavily from Lord of the Rings, but does it an a way that makes it almost unnoticable and very enjoyable. Not as well made new rules for magic as the other books, but well done. An excellent ending, wraps it all up well, and realisticly un-perfect for the characters.

Amazing, but the ending uugh.

The ending was so awful, I felt like it ruined the entire series to me

Great book, terrible ending

I loved it also. I thought it was as good as the other books. That the characters behaved, not as I would always like them to, but true to character. The way Galbatorix is killed (or is he?) was clever, I did not see that coming at all. Like all good series, I hate to say goodbye!

I finished the book in 2 days, and I couldn't stop reading it. It was a way to end the series, and I really hope there will be a second series of it. It was a sad ending, though I think it was pretty good. I always get so sad when a series I like ends. There that excitement to put a hold and wait ya know?