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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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lexibug's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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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adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.0

a quick read if you can wade through the toxic, stale, and outlandishly gendered romantic dynamics and a lot of death.

the dragons were cool, but mostly lacked "personality".

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adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

DRAGONS I LOVE DRAGONS

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

I loved this book! Only reason it’s not a 5 is because I’m not likely to reread and that’s a big factor on my scale.

First thought after the parapet scene: this school freaking sucks man. And I said it so many times when I was reading. What kind of training program gets off on killing most of its students?! How is that sustainable for the army or protecting the kingdom?

*All of this is spoilers so beware*

Absolutely awesome:

Enemies to lovers
Dragons! (Enough said)
A diverse range of characters; skin tone, sexuality, ability. I don’t read a lot of fantasy but I know characters of color are hard to come by that don’t act solely as a plot device side character, comic relief or canon fodder so A+ there. The way Yarros deals with disability is wonderful. Violet has to constantly struggle to adapt because she’s weaker than her peers. This isn’t framed as a weakness by her or those that matter to her (of course it is by the antagonists like Jack and Owen but they suck so that tracks) and I love that we get to explore strength and vulnerability in the main character while her environment assumes she won’t survive. Also, there’s a deaf character and I love that inclusion. And Rhiannon is bi and badass.
Shadow daddy. I don’t even fully know what that is but I know Xaden is one because wow.
And on that note, the spice is on open door and also wow. Moving on.

I could have done without the plot twist because I wasn’t smart enough to buy both books at the same time but I’m very excited for Iron Flame and now Onyx Storm. I’m trying not to make assumptions about that third one yet but I already have theories!

Critiques/questions:

Why do Xaden’s shadow powers manifest with physical force? It’s cool but since when can a shadow pull weight or shield you? Is that something to do with the way the lessor magics work maybe? Idk it’s dragon magic, I guess I don’t have to think too much about it.
I wish she has focused more on why Violent (and thus the reader) should be loyal to Narvarre. When we discover that Xaden is betraying the kingdom, I didn’t feel conflicted to believe him or be upset by the turn of events because I have no connection to king Tauri one way or another. He seemed like an ass but that doesn’t give me motivation to want to defend him or be glad they’re turning against him. Which made it hard to accept that as a conflict. But maybe when it comes down to the conflict the bigger issue is everyone risking their lives to defend against the venin and the politics becomes secondary.
Dain’s character was very disappointing. His arc certainly made sense so it’s not a criticism but dang I hated to see him turn his back on his friend for a country that would send him to his death without thought.
But I don’t think their belief system was ever expanded on. The “why” of it all was hard to conceptualize but maybe that’s the point. These citizens have been doing what they’re told for hundreds of years without questioning it and when they tried, the powers that be, claimed them to be traitors.
It’s crap that Xaden was so “she’s grown and can protect herself, make her own choices” up until it came down to trusting her with his huge secret. Makes for good conflict but annoying. Not a critique really though.

That’s it I guess. I’m afraid she’s gonna kill off all the characters I like she since took Liam from me and these folks are so perishable.
And as much as I liked it, I do hope the next one is a little smaller!

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hufflepuffbiologybuff's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was an interesting start, a gripping first half of the book, and an entertaining last portion of the book, ending with a punch.
The characters were okay. I felt the relationships that Violet had fell flat for the majority of the book.
Maybe I am getting tired of the strong warrior female character niche that seems to be in every book lately.
It did have a good ending and I would enjoy reading the next book to see what happens.

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious slow-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

4.25

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

It took a really long time to connect with this story, but when I did, my goodness, I got hooked.

Violet is such an amazing character, her growth throughout the entire story is one of the best character arcs I've ever read. The plot is great, full of twists, great friendships, magic and cool dragons. How can you ask for more than that?

Are there any weird little things? Yes. Why the hell do they need to bond with a dragon to write with a pen? What kind of power is that? Why are the sex scenes so…detailed? We get it, sex is good, we don't need to read every thing they feel.

The ending was brilliant! I can't wait to read the second book.

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allisonpaigex's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.0

2 for book, narrators for graphic audio were great though

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flightsoffantasy27's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

One of the best books I’ve read in recent memory. Will not disappoint you. Great characters, full of action, so many twists…did not want to put it down!

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