I had a difficult time getting into this particular book. I was disappointed with the third book in the series (I thought it dragged on for too long) and as a result, I was reticent to really get into the final chapter. A lot of the author's faults from previous books are still present, but he is improving. I felt that cliches were way, way too rampant throughout the entire series. I forgave the first two due to Paolini's age alone and I suppose he had already painted himself into that corner (see what I did there) by the time he finished 3 and 4. All in all, it was a decent series and a fairly good read, but it's still pretty low brow... even if it's placed in the Teen Fiction category.