Couldn't finish this. It managed to be more childish than the first one, just more pretentious to make it seem more mature than it was. The conflicts in the book are not believable, the "loving relationship" between Eragon and Saphira still comes across as a couple of brats that are telepathic with each other, and there's just entirely too much nonsensical detail that adds nothing but pages to the story. 
 I was going to finish this book just to be able to say I did, but then I wondered, "What the hell is the point of that?" 
 I can sum up the stupidity of this book by quoting one sentence: 
 "The soldiers threw themselves at him in an attempt to subdue him through sheer numbers, but to no avail: Katrina was in danger, and he was invincible." 
 So...four armed and armored soldiers can't subdue one naked farm boy because his girlfriend's in trouble? Suspension of disbelief lets us accept that there's dragons and magic, not that naked people can fight off four armed, armored, professional soldiers just because their girlfriend is in trouble.