Reviews with content warning for Child death - Fourth Wing

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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

143 reviews

katiekeske's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was an entertaining enough read, even though I thought about not finishing it in the beginning. I stuck with it and eventually got invested. I think it's generally a well written YA novel, but it was a little juvenile for me personally. It's a little weird how a violent, sexually graphic novel can come across juvenile. I would have preferred if it was written for adults as a New Adult novel, but I can't help thinking they want teenagers to read it.

I liked that the heroine had physical issues to overcome and usually thought things through.

Overall, I couldn't suspend my disbelief about certain things with the world-building. I find it hard to believe a school would be so okay with students killing each other. They are supposed to be training soldiers, but how can you trust people in the future when you've been thinking they will kill you all through school? Plus, rules kept being mentioned about not hurting others or using your powers during training, then a character would. There were never any repercussions for the rule breaking.

Warning for SPOILERS, the twists toward the end just frustrated me. Honesty is really important to me, and my views toward Xaden (and others involved in the secret) took a nosedive. I knew there was going to be a secret he was keeping, so that part wasn't much of a surprise. Then when it happened I just couldn't feel much respect for him. I don't plan on reading any sequels.

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luthien907's review against another edition

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hopeful relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

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twistykris's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

4.75

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melissa_b_67's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious 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

3.5

It was 3 stars for me most of the way through, until the ending. I know I am an outlier on this book. It did not grab me like it did for most everyone else. It felt more YA than adult to me. I often forgot the characters were in their 20s and thought they were teens. I also thought it was way too long. However I loved the dragons and the ending hooked me. I will most likely be on the bandwagon in November reading the seco

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lynini's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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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kelseylian's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

A little too much unnecessary death porn for me. It’s like fantasy squid games dragon fanfic, with teens? I like the dragon rider parts but all the students dying every other page was pretty unnecessary in my opinion.

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