Reviews

Legado by Christopher Paolini

nyx_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

sammiles501's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Grief

bibliodiaries's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

knottylibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

eliza_cat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

A great ending to the series.
The characters are as always the strong point of Paolini's writing, complex and interesting. 
I loved how after

the victory of the Varden

, there was some more explanation of what happened afterwards and some open questions and plots were brought to conclusion (though it felt somewhat forced in some cases,

for example with Roran and Birgit

). 

I also really liked that Eragon actually made an effort to change things for the better and did not just try to rebuild the old riders.

All in all, a enjoyable read, even if a bit long winded at times. 

ellie_cripps's review against another edition

2.0

I revisit this series every so often from a nostalgic perspective, and every time I am pretty disappointed by this ending. It's too long, padded out with a lot of profoundly uninteresting fight sequences, whilst somehow not having enough time for the interesting things - like Arya becoming a Dragon Rider, or Eragon establishing a whole new home for the dragons. I get that those points are part of the story after the defeat of the enemy, but, there certainly are a lot of pages after that with room for it.
I also find that Eragon is simply too powerful to be relatable or entertaining by this book, and honestly not only in this one, which is one of his reasons for leaving at the end but makes the rest of the events profoundly less exciting.

pieceofschmitt's review against another edition

4.0

It was a good ending, though it made me sad.

wagnerkm89's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

slytherchef's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5