Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

91 reviews

hannahcadwell's review

adventurous dark sad 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

4.25

I really wanted to dislike this book. Rebecca Yarros has made some… questionable choices in her writing and her public presence, but when a coworker lent me the book I figured I might as well see if the hype was worth it. And yeah, her writing can be lazy and the romance made my skin crawl at times, but DAMN. This book pulled me IN. It really reminded me of the fantasy I loved so much in middle school but written for me as a 20-something. I mean, the Divergent parallels are so strong. But there are things that I think Yarros did well. I loved how she included a disabled main character and didn’t have magic just, cure her (bonus points for including a Deaf/Hard of Hearing character!). There is queer representation (albeit mostly in background characters) without being weird. And as I reached the latter part of the book I felt that the story became more unique. I’ll be diving into the second installment with relish, but I’ve still got my eye on you, Rebecca.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

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

thetaoakdown's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Ableism

noellee2004's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Classism, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, and Violence

jenhfultz's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, War, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Violence, and Murder

skyfluff's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Ableism, Body shaming, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, War, Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Gore

emlyy_who's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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

5.0

This is an AMAZING book (I can definitely see why it won so many awards)! Like a Divergent + The Poppy War all-in-one package deal. The world-building was exquisite, detailed, and well-fleshed-out! I can tell Rebecca Yarros put in a lot of time and energy into this book, and it turned out fantastically. I loved the academy setting, the trials and dragon-choosing, and of course, the characters. Violet is and will forever be one of my favorite heroines. She's short (like me), smaller, and appears weaker than the others, but behind her "fragile" exterior, she has a will made of iron and is one of the toughest (and most inspiring) people ever.

Xaden is also definitely a favorite. He's mysterious and has too many secrets, but he pushes Violet to be her best and doesn't hold her back (*cough cough* Dain). The one thing I would say is that the sexual content is very mature (I had to skip several scenes) and the book would be the same level of great (and probably even better) if it was YA instead of NA.

I can't wait for the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism and Body shaming

quiet_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Violence, War, and Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Drug use

devincold's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

This book reads like a fantasy-flavored reimagining of Divergent. It's a fun read that feels predictable throughout. If you're looking for a romance novel and you like a fantasy setting, this might be a good option. If you're looking for enemies to lovers and LGBTQI+ representation - I would look elsewhere.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Stalking, Torture, War, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, and Chronic illness

insanebookperson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Body shaming, Classism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Terminal illness, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual content, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Torture, Toxic friendship, and War