This sucked.
OK, I'll clarify- these books just tumbled. Super low. Eragon was amazing, sucked me in- but after Eldest's downfall, I hoped this third book would bring things back. It didn't. It made things worse. And not in a 'hey, things will turn out, this is bad but OK'- but in a 'this writing is bad, the characters are dumb, and nothing makes sense.'
I could not even finish this book. Things got so frustrating. The characters all took turns for the worse. The elves became ridiculous. This book was disappointing.