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erkietheturkey's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Sexual content, and War
Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent
samluh's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I loved this book! It kept my attention and I am not a big fantasy reader. If you like hunger games and Harry Potter you will like this. But it’s with dragons! :)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, and War
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
paigereitz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book obviously has had SO much hyper. Things I loved: disabled main character. A Deaf side character. People overcoming the weight of parental expectation or legacy. A really cool magic system with dragons. Things I didn't love: the base plot felt very predictable, and the enemies-to-lovers romance even more so - while also somehow being both too slow and jumping too fast rather than a real build of a relationship. The ending gives me hope that the book series will get better and stay interesting so I'll keep going. But I definitely felt like it didn't quiiiiite live up to its hype.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War
llothspeich's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying and Death
Minor: Animal death
hannahcstocks's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Nothing groundbreaking (lots of cliches and tropes) but an enjoyable read. Pretty fast-paced, as there doesn’t seem to be much filler in any individual chapter outside of Violet’s internal monologue. The downside to this lack of filler can be that the world doesn’t feel fully built out, and the descriptions of some of the surroundings can feel lacking. I found my brain sort of filled in some of those gaps while reading though, especially when I didn’t overthink it. The plot was a bit repetitive and the internal monologue objectifying one of the characters was a little silly. But I don’t feel the book is trying to be anything beyond what it is, so I don’t begrudge those faults. Feels a little YA, which seems maybe to be a common theme in the NA genre, but just because it’s trope-y and your main character thinks like a lovestruck teen doesn’t make it a bad or unenjoyable book. Just not a profound one. Easy read despite the length, and while the plot was a little repetitive as mentioned, the chapters broke that up well enough that the repetition didn’t feel monotonous or at least still drove the story forward in some way.
TLDR: Overall, kept my attention, and I found the pacing to be done well. If you can’t handle the internal monologue of a somewhat rebellious lovestruck high schooler (I know that’s not the age of the characters but it is how it reads) or relatively predictable but intriguing enough plot, this book isn’t for you. Even you want an easy read to take you out of your own head and world for a while, and you can take the aforementioned characteristics in stride, then give it a shot.
TLDR: Overall, kept my attention, and I found the pacing to be done well. If you can’t handle the internal monologue of a somewhat rebellious lovestruck high schooler (I know that’s not the age of the characters but it is how it reads) or relatively predictable but intriguing enough plot, this book isn’t for you. Even you want an easy read to take you out of your own head and world for a while, and you can take the aforementioned characteristics in stride, then give it a shot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
alexandraknaub's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Death of parent
emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition
5.0
A fictional heroine with EDS in a DAMN GOOD fantasy based around a dragon school. Mystery, romance and spice ✨
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Drug use
emilyhawkinspdx's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
lawbooks600's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Representation: Implied Brown character, character with a physical disability
Score: Five points out of ten.
I own this book.
So this one won Best Romantasy and is the novel on everyone's radars. When I tried to get Fourth Wing at the library, so many people placed a hold on it that I had to buy it alongside the following instalment in the series, Iron Flame. Did I mention Fourth Wing will be series spanning five parts long? Unfortunately, when I read and finished Fourth Wing, it underwhelmed me.
Fourth Wing starts with the first character I see, Violet Sorrengail, conscripted to be part of the Riders Quadrant rather than the Scribe one, all because her mother forced her into it. Why? It's not clear since it's a plot hole. If I made a list of all the imperfections Fourth Wing has, it would go on for so long. It's apparent that the author put more effort into the romance than the world itself. I must also give credit to Rebecca Yarros for creating memorable and likable characters like Violet, but I cringed at Fourth Wing at times, especially when Xaden calls Violet 'Violence.' Really?
I was not expecting that one spicy scene to happen toward the 400 page mark, and after I read that, it disgusted me, but there's more of them. Violet is the underdog as the author portrayed at Basgiath War College, a school of dragons which doesn't care about its students' lives. It's like The Hunger Games with dragons. No one cares if one person in the college murders another. However, in some chapters, Violet didn't fight off cadets alone. Instead, another friend poisoned Violet's opponents to increase the odds for her. I'm unsure how I feel about that, but I understand how that would be necessary, considering Violet's condition. The worldbuilding isn't there. There's no reason as to why everything is the way they are. I struggle to comprehend how Basgiath War College came to be, or why do they care about dragons so much. I'd have preferred if Rebecca Yarros created names by herself instead of stealing Gaelic words and then mispronouncing them. The conclusion is a high note.
To summarise, Fourth Wing is a high fantasy story that looked so promising, but when I accomplished reading the narrative, it disenchanted me and left room for improvement. Maybe romantasy isn't my cup of tea yet.
Score: Five points out of ten.
I own this book.
So this one won Best Romantasy and is the novel on everyone's radars. When I tried to get Fourth Wing at the library, so many people placed a hold on it that I had to buy it alongside the following instalment in the series, Iron Flame. Did I mention Fourth Wing will be series spanning five parts long? Unfortunately, when I read and finished Fourth Wing, it underwhelmed me.
Fourth Wing starts with the first character I see, Violet Sorrengail, conscripted to be part of the Riders Quadrant rather than the Scribe one, all because her mother forced her into it. Why? It's not clear since it's a plot hole. If I made a list of all the imperfections Fourth Wing has, it would go on for so long. It's apparent that the author put more effort into the romance than the world itself. I must also give credit to Rebecca Yarros for creating memorable and likable characters like Violet, but I cringed at Fourth Wing at times, especially when Xaden calls Violet 'Violence.' Really?
I was not expecting that one spicy scene to happen toward the 400 page mark, and after I read that, it disgusted me, but there's more of them. Violet is the underdog as the author portrayed at Basgiath War College, a school of dragons which doesn't care about its students' lives. It's like The Hunger Games with dragons. No one cares if one person in the college murders another. However, in some chapters, Violet didn't fight off cadets alone. Instead, another friend poisoned Violet's opponents to increase the odds for her. I'm unsure how I feel about that, but I understand how that would be necessary, considering Violet's condition. The worldbuilding isn't there. There's no reason as to why everything is the way they are. I struggle to comprehend how Basgiath War College came to be, or why do they care about dragons so much. I'd have preferred if Rebecca Yarros created names by herself instead of stealing Gaelic words and then mispronouncing them. The conclusion is a high note.
To summarise, Fourth Wing is a high fantasy story that looked so promising, but when I accomplished reading the narrative, it disenchanted me and left room for improvement. Maybe romantasy isn't my cup of tea yet.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Full trigger warnings: Fire, explosions, animal attack and death, death of parents, friends and others by falling, physical injury, near-death experiences, poisoning, blood, grief and loss depiction, murder, bullying, self-sacrifice, emesisnikimorr's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book deserves every star. I am beyond amazed at the world the author has created.
There is a mix of everything - adventure, friendship, romance. I found the main character, Violet, to be lovable, and I was rooting for her from the beginning. Even when I did not always agree with her decisions, I was all in on Team Violet, which does not happen in many books. I appreciated that she wasn’t a “perfect” main character - she has many flaws but prevails nonetheless.
I love that this book took place in a school - there was so many different elements to the school and the student’s training that allowed us to learn about not only the world but also the characters and watch them develop, grow and bond (with each other and dragons).
At first, I wanted more world building, but by the end as more and more unfolded, I was grateful for the timing of development - instead of overly intense world building in the beginning, it all slowly unfolds making it very easy to read.
SPOILERS: Threshing and forward had me hooked. The personality of Tairn and Andarna added so much to the book - Tairn as powerful and grumpy, and Andarna as simply adorable. The ability for everyone to mentally connect made it all feel so intimate and special. It is as if Tairn and Andarna represent both sides of Violet.
SPOILERS: The slow burn between Xaden and Violet was ‘chef’s kiss.’ The grumpy/sunshine and protector trope developed perfectly. Their survival being connected added in all the best ways.
SPOILERS: The ending left so much open for this series. The first battle was perfect and emotional. Liam’s, and his dragon’s, death devastated me, and in that battle I knew this was a 5 star book for me. I am so excited to keep going on this journey.
There is a mix of everything - adventure, friendship, romance. I found the main character, Violet, to be lovable, and I was rooting for her from the beginning. Even when I did not always agree with her decisions, I was all in on Team Violet, which does not happen in many books. I appreciated that she wasn’t a “perfect” main character - she has many flaws but prevails nonetheless.
I love that this book took place in a school - there was so many different elements to the school and the student’s training that allowed us to learn about not only the world but also the characters and watch them develop, grow and bond (with each other and dragons).
At first, I wanted more world building, but by the end as more and more unfolded, I was grateful for the timing of development - instead of overly intense world building in the beginning, it all slowly unfolds making it very easy to read.
SPOILERS: Threshing and forward had me hooked. The personality of Tairn and Andarna added so much to the book - Tairn as powerful and grumpy, and Andarna as simply adorable. The ability for everyone to mentally connect made it all feel so intimate and special. It is as if Tairn and Andarna represent both sides of Violet.
SPOILERS: The slow burn between Xaden and Violet was ‘chef’s kiss.’ The grumpy/sunshine and protector trope developed perfectly. Their survival being connected added in all the best ways.
SPOILERS: The ending left so much open for this series. The first battle was perfect and emotional. Liam’s, and his dragon’s, death devastated me, and in that battle I knew this was a 5 star book for me. I am so excited to keep going on this journey.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship