I’m sorry, but what the actual fuck was this? The first half of the book was fine. Not amazing but fine. But the second half or so of this book is just AWFUL. I mean, truly terrible. Was this ghost written by someone else? Or has Paolini just lost the plot?

It’s soooooooo long winded. This dude repeats himself over and over and over. He uses 100 words to describe literally anything that could’ve taken 10 words. It’s just a total slog. And Murtagh is nerfed super hard and just dumb as rocks. Don’t even get me started on Thorn. He made Thorn a useless coward. Murtagh is literally bleeding out and dying but no; Thorn’s PTSD apparently trumps the bond between dragon and rider? So fucking stupid I’m sorry. What a pointless killing machine.

This book was just dog shit and I’m honestly done with the series after this. Not sure if he’s lost his touch or if this was done by the publishers/editors, but I’m actually mad I wasted my time with this. If I could get these hours back, I would.