And here we are, the final chapter of this little novel. This is quite possibly the most infuriating chapter because of the content. I could argue that the ending leaves sequels open to interpretation, but it also still makes it feel like the ending was written with a huge villainous mustache twirl.
( To Infinity and Beyond )
In all, I think this book was a waste of time, ink, and paper. It was a cheap way of getting fans excited for something and delivering absolutely nothing. Paolini gave a big middle finger to everyone reading this book with the ending, and gave absolutely nothing in the way of indicating that there was going to be any future stories here. Indeed, the newest novel includes part of this book nearly word for word, just in a different perspective, which is about as cheap as one can get. We got nothing that couldn’t have been posted online as free content. Instead, we had a cash grab that did nothing to enrich the world built by the previous books. We got fan-fiction that we had to pay for. And it wasn’t even good fan-fiction at that.