Amy 
fantasy
This is the first in a follow-up series to the Eragon (The
Inheritance Cycle) series. I was really looking forward to revisiting Eragon,
Saphira, and the rest of the gang. The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm turned out to be a brief collection of
three unrelated short stories that take place in Eragon’s world.
The Fork was the best story and the only one that really
held my interest. The Witch, much of
which was actually written by Christopher Paolini’s sister, was frustratingly
pointless and rambling. The Worm’s
overall story arc was good but it was terribly long in the telling. I was so bored my mind would wander while I
was listening to the audiobook and when my attention came back to the
narration I hadn’t even missed anything.
If this one had been told first, I probably wouldn’t have bothered
finishing the book. But, since it was the last, I stuck with it.
In terms of revisiting these characters we got only the
briefest visit and, instead, a whole lot of long-winded, tangential
wanderings. Therefore, I was overall
dissatisfied with this book. I might read the next one whenever it comes out
but probably not. Bummer.
Thankfully, the fabulous Gerard Doyle reads the audiobook as
he did the original four novels in The Inheritance Cycle series. He does a great job with The Fork and The
Witch. Unfortunately, as a dwarf-based
story, The Worm is read in “dwarf-speak” which is rough and quite emotionless
as is the nature of the dwarves. This,
along with the fact that the story really dragged, was not a good
combination. I hate to count this
against Doyle’s talents and devotion to the material. Alas, I cannot give him an A+ due to my
dissatisfaction with The Worm. I’ll give
him an A for this one.
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