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I wouldn't call the ending a perfect ending. I did fell like Galbatorix was easier to defeat than expected but the story line did lead you to believe that there were still people under his control that were still out doing his bidding. Eragon was able to release some of those people from their bind but I'm sure not all of them. I would think that the new riders that come of age will fight those evils.
I didn't like at all the Arya became a rider as well as the next queen. How do you do both?
Angela is one of my favorite characters of the series. I think getting more of her back story would be an amazing prequel/spinoff storyline.

What. Is. This.

I have several different things to note to this reaction, which I shall attempt to address in segments.

#1. True, the ending was rather perfect and smoothed many knots and kinks in the story that may have been better left alone so as to serve for mystery and intrigue. For example, the Elf-Tree (as Saphira fondly called it) more or less ignored Eragon's attempts to settle his debt with her.

#2. The elves did not wish to see a HUMAN rider as king or queen . . . Paolini did not have anything to say about elves. However, seeing Arya separate from her race could be an interesting twist.

#3. Paolini needed to balance the power. Dragons are dangerous, even to elvish civilizations.

#4. The dragons would not have served him had he failed to provide the perfect vessel for them to exact their revenge, no?

#5. Ah, Angela the Herbalist and her companion Solembum. As I recall, Angela had a knack for using interdimensional travel and weapons; knowledge of forbidden, lost, or ancient nature; and a delight in all things pointy, poisonous, or pernicious. Need I say more about her character, really?
In addition, much of Angela's character is purposefully obscured in order to add intrigue to her. Much of what we do not know is what we read in hopes of learning.