WARNING: SPOILERSLike Eragon, Eldest had quite a few unoriginal things in it (mostly things from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings). However, Eragon held up far better than Eldest. Things got very boring during Eragon's training, and by now most of the few interseting or decent characters had died or disappeared (Brom, Murtagh) or just weren't in the book enough (Roran). The last battle could've been great, but it took away from the book that Eragon was a "superman" by this time and was killing off people without moving a finger. Roran salvaged the book as best he could, but one character can do only so much.