Tariana

I’ll probably do a reread soon to review everything it taught me. Too much information to digest on a first read, also I want to make sure I’ll start applying the learnings to my life.

The only reason I am not giving 5 stars is because from 20 to 60% of the book it was sooooo slow, too much details about sword fights, military strategies, extensive descriptions, which must be great for those that understand it and are into it, but for me it was boring, it was like the story was stuck. The whole thing happened in less than a year for the characters but for me it was like an eternity. In spite of that, the whole book is amazing. At two different moments I had to hold my tears, I have ene highlighted the passages. They were:
62%: “Rin... what am I going to do?”
88%: I heard what you did to that Hesperian soldier.

Love Paolini series!

Things I had forgotten from 1st read:
How Tolkien wannabe Paolini is: very descriptive, creating languages and showing it off throughout the book...
How obvious are Saphira's comments. 
How Roran arc is much more interesting than Eragon's
How philosophical Eragon's training was. I have even highlighted to remember in the posterity.

Another thing I noticed is the bring up of people's prejudices against other races. I hope the next books will develop it better, it would be interesting.

What a tense book! I didn't give much credit to the reviews when I started listening this, but they didn't lie. It really gave a John Steinbeck's vibe. Most of the story is about father and son walking towards the coast on a post apocalyptic world, looking for food, running away from bad guys and trying to find hope in the midst of desolation. Through the story we see the father evolving from being super understanding with the child to becoming short tempered as the control starts to slip from his hands together with the realization that he won't be able to protect the boy forever. At the same time, the boy starts to see his father with new eyes, no longer a hero, but failing to realize that his father is afraid. I confess that at a certain point the boy would die and the father would finally be free from his self imposed responsibilities and put an end to his suffering. But as he says at the end, he wouldn't be capable of doing so.