Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

I finally got around to reading the last book in the Inheritance Cycle.  It turned out good and I am glad to have finally been able to finish this series.  It seems like it took a very long time for Paolini to get this book out.  I am glad for the most part how things played out and where everyone ends up.  Thank you Paolini for not making everyone's ending a 'happily ever after' story.

Spoiler:

So if you have not read the book yet, then DO NOT READ FURTHER.  I usually try to steer clear of giving out too much information about a book, but in order to really state my feelings on this book I will have to say some things that may ruin the surprises and twists in this book.  So to start off with.  Why or why did Paolini have to make Arya a dragon rider.  Seriously.  She already becomes queen, why not make someone else the dragon rider.  I was happy to see Murtagh and Thorn live, it puts a little twist on things having Murtagh and Nasuada have feelings for one another, but it does seem fitting.  I love the twist of finding hidden dragan hearts and eggs.  It seems like a very logical thing for the riders to have done and especially to have everyone erase their memories of it in order to keep everything safe.  It was a very well thought out part of the story.  Lastly, I am glad to see that every race now has the ability to have a dragon rider.  This also seems fitting and a good way to unite all the races.  I am glad to see that Paolini was also smart enough to put in that not everyone would be happy to have Nasuada as queen and therefore even after the main battle, they are still fighting with one another and bands of rebels.  Mainly, my main complaint is making Arya a dragon rider.  Even the final battle was slightly anti-climatic and I think he could have spent a bit more time with the final fight between Galbatorix, Murtagh, and Eragon.  It would have even been interesting to actually hear from Thorn and Galbatorix's dragon a bit to see relationships between other dragon riders.  It sort of seemed like Paolini was done with the book and just skimmed over it.  He spends more time on other non-important details, but the actual climax of the book was lacking just a bit.  I am a little more critical of this book than others just because it is a great story (even though it has many similarities to Lord of the Rings).  I just expect perfection from a good story.