A review by defymavity
Murtagh by Christopher Paolini

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book feels like a Dungeons and Dragons campaign in the best way possible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Slavery

It spends too much time on thetorture parts. He's done this in previous books as well where the mental agony just drags on forever and it gets dull until it gets exciting again.

For the most part, a great book! I can tell Paolini has really improved his writing since Inheritance. But as with Brisingr and bits of Inheritance, some parts just don't need to be dragged out and we can skip to the good part.