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A review by dawn_chen
The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm by Christopher Paolini
4.0
I can never exagerate my love for the Inheritance Cycle. It is probably my introduction to fantasy and it definitely made up part of my teenage memories. This additional collection of short stories in the Inheritance Cycle's world is the best gift I could have received in 2019.
My favorite part of the book must have been "The Worm", as it expanded on the Urgals and their culture which was one of my favorite part of the original series. I did not expect the ending where Ilgra and the dragon reached mutual acceptance of eachother. The message is truly touching where as most story tell us to conquer the danger, but this one tells us to live with while never losing our appreciation of life.
I must say Angela did a great job on giving a voice to the herbalist who was rather mysterious in the original stories. We still don't know that much about her, but I do feel like I got more of an intend from her perspective on the world. Her genuine care of wanting to lead Elva on the right path was something I didn't expect, in the original stories I felt like as if she was simply taking care of Elva to past time and study the girl as some kind of entertainment. "The Witch" however humanized her and made me rethink about her motives. My favorite part has to be how Elva revealed that Angela in fact has some kind of fear hidden in her past, too. The best way of making someone empathize with a character is to give him or her a source of vulnerability, which we didn't really get from Angela until now. It's truly marvelous and I feel like I know a bit more about this mysterious character who everyone has a crush on. Lol.
"The Fork" is something I don't know how to talk about to be honest. I sensed a hint at the potential of a future sequel to the Inheritance world from Murtagh. I can not express my wish of how much I would want a whole trilogy from his pov. Murtagh is definitely the third place one my list of favorite characters from the Inheritance Cycle, with Roran being the first and Nasuada the second. Murtagh's struggle with being viewed for his service of the evil king is truly realistic. I can not stress how much I agree with what Eragon said: after all the shit Murtagh's been through, "he deserves to be happy."
Anyway, thanks to Christopher Paolini for this new addition to the Inheritance Cycle! Thanks for enriching my world with such a wonderful story. Hope everything goes well for you and your family.
My favorite part of the book must have been "The Worm", as it expanded on the Urgals and their culture which was one of my favorite part of the original series. I did not expect the ending where Ilgra and the dragon reached mutual acceptance of eachother. The message is truly touching where as most story tell us to conquer the danger, but this one tells us to live with while never losing our appreciation of life.
I must say Angela did a great job on giving a voice to the herbalist who was rather mysterious in the original stories. We still don't know that much about her, but I do feel like I got more of an intend from her perspective on the world. Her genuine care of wanting to lead Elva on the right path was something I didn't expect, in the original stories I felt like as if she was simply taking care of Elva to past time and study the girl as some kind of entertainment. "The Witch" however humanized her and made me rethink about her motives. My favorite part has to be how Elva revealed that Angela in fact has some kind of fear hidden in her past, too. The best way of making someone empathize with a character is to give him or her a source of vulnerability, which we didn't really get from Angela until now. It's truly marvelous and I feel like I know a bit more about this mysterious character who everyone has a crush on. Lol.
"The Fork" is something I don't know how to talk about to be honest. I sensed a hint at the potential of a future sequel to the Inheritance world from Murtagh. I can not express my wish of how much I would want a whole trilogy from his pov. Murtagh is definitely the third place one my list of favorite characters from the Inheritance Cycle, with Roran being the first and Nasuada the second. Murtagh's struggle with being viewed for his service of the evil king is truly realistic. I can not stress how much I agree with what Eragon said: after all the shit Murtagh's been through, "he deserves to be happy."
Anyway, thanks to Christopher Paolini for this new addition to the Inheritance Cycle! Thanks for enriching my world with such a wonderful story. Hope everything goes well for you and your family.