6/27/2023 0 Comments The inheritance trilogy review![]() And Arya has an important role as a mysterious, magic-wielding elf - though she spends most of the book as a love interest/damsel in distress who's imprisoned, tortured, poisoned, and beaten before getting rescued (twice) and is unconscious for much of the story. Female stereotypes abound: They're homemakers, healers, dead mothers, a fortune-telling witch, or an unhappy wife who "wants the usual: a good home, happy children." That said, the dragon Saphira is female. ![]() ![]() Two positive characters, one in a supporting and one in a minor role, have skin "the color of oiled ebony." An elf with "midnight black hair" and "angled eyes" is described by Eragon as having an "exotic look." All other characters are described with Euro-centric features (pale complexions, blond hair, etc.). ![]()
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