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garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Ableism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, War, and Grief
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Medical content, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Stalking, Vomit, Drug use, Animal cruelty, and Toxic relationship
zydecovivo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I’d like to start by saying it is good. If you like romantasy (fantasy+romance) with a touch of dystopia, you’ll have a great time reading Fourth Wing. The main character is also explicitly disabled and it is intertwined with her journey of self-discovery, as well as challenging the status quo of the society she is in. Based on the descriptions, I think she has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. I also love the dragons. They are characters in their own right, not just tools to be used. However, the entire time I was reading, I couldn’t help but tell myself “This is just Divergent with dragons.” The general plot is almost identical. Everything was predictable because of this and the only things that I didn’t predict were because something we were told was “impossible” was, in fact, possible for our super special main character. This occurs multiple times. I don’t even think it’s an unreliable narrator at that point. I think it’s an unreliable universe. The upper hand that Fourth Wing has over Divergent is that this fantasy setting allows for more creativity (and covering up for narrative mistakes). Additionally, I did not enjoy most of the main character’s “love life”. This is enemies-to-lovers, so much so that it is almost anti-friends-to-lovers. I don’t care about either trope, but the blatant comparisons get old. I also felt that the main character thinks about “spice” a lot more than I care for, especially considering the actual spice level of the book. There may be people who want to see this since women’s sexuality is largely swept aside in many stories. But this was not it for me.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Blood, Chronic illness, and Murder
Moderate: Medical content, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Vomit, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Sexual content
unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Basgiath has to be the world’s worst military school - it seems like it exists simply to kill off its cadets which seems counterproductive? Call me crazy but there are stakes higher and fates worse than death. In a book written in first person POV you know from the jump that the narrator isn’t dying soooooo the tension I wanted in the first part of the book simply wasn’t there.
In the year of our lord 2024, I simply cannot get into a hero named Xaden, even though I liked him just fine in terms of his actual actions/personality. Tairn was the best character in a SEA of named characters who were interchangeable and forgettable. Violet is very much a 20 year old dystopian fantasy heroine.
Graphic: Chronic illness, War, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
cozy_tea_reader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death of parent, and Violence
staceyinthesticks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Violence, and War
lynx9010's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Death, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Chronic illness
marleens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Vomit and Abandonment
anilein's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Toxic friendship, War, Torture, Cursing, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Ableism, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
melist6's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Sexism, and War
stitchbooks22's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Body shaming, Torture, Colonisation, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gore, Physical abuse, Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Hate crime, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, War, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Genocide, and Vomit