The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon

I guess I'm probably just too old for this book. Seems like it's about on the same level as the Inheritance cycle which I enjoyed then and not so much now. The biggest flaw I see with this book is that there's no introduction to characters or concepts - its the DLC of Eragon etc... it didn't take me very long to dig up memories of who and what was being talked about, but nobody could read this book without having first read the original series. While the stories were enjoyable on their own, I don't care for the effort to tie them all together to the main storyline - works great in NotW, but here I just don't feel invested in what's going on in the “real world” enough.