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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

83 reviews

tieflingmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Genocide, Murder, Blood, War, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Colonisation, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Death

a_acha331's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.75

It was an amazing read! The characters, the world building, the lore, and the penmanship that kept me reading well into 3:00 am had me in an uphill battle of choosing peace or violence. However, I re-read the book and my opinion has  shifted slightly. I read a review that said “Xaden wears skinny jeans” and I haven’t been the same since🧍🏾‍♀️ I can’t unsee it because I feel like he really does 👁️👄👁️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Grief, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, and Grief

mysteryspouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Death, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, Emotional abuse, Vomit, War, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Excrement

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m a sucker for a dystopian, fuck corrupt government, the bad guys might be the good guys story and this one is no exception. Toss in some spice, some romance, some high fantasy and fucking dragons? I’m hooked. Holy moly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Vomit, Violence, War, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death of parent, Torture, Bullying, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

town_scar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

3.5

The first third was so aggravating I nearly gave up. I can understand both why people hate and love it. I fall somewhere in the middle. The author seemed to struggle with consistency and clarity. The only reason I could follow anything was because of the revised map and an illustration explaining squad structure that was in the second book. I could tell this first book was rushed to publication. While I was able to see most of the plot twists coming they were still enjoyable. Battle sequences were fun. Romance is a delight. The dude characters we spend the most time with are loveable. It's exactly middle of the road for me. Lot of issues but lots of good components as well. I'll be reading the sequel if only to satisfy by curiosity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, War, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Bullying, Death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Ableism, Animal death, Colonisation, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent and Drug use

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

What an ending! I like how the dragons have their own voices and aren’t just animals the humans use. I was onboard with Violet’s character for most of the book, but the parts where I wasn’t was when her resolve just didn’t fit her character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Bullying, Death of parent, Genocide, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, War, and Xenophobia

ursimae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Cursing, Sexual content, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Bullying, War, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Genocide

Minor: Torture, Classism, and Colonisation

bellaw02's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Fire/Fire injury

venushoshi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

3.75

There is a slow burn romance, that peaks towards the last third of the book that I could have done without.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Racism, Genocide, Murder, War, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, and Violence

mysticslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

4.25

Fourth Wing is an incredibly divisive book, but I really enjoyed it. I do wish the world building was a bit more fleshed out as the only real complaint that I have with this book is that I was missing more explanations on the world, its laws, magic system, lore etc. Otherwise, I thought it was a good first novel to a series and I'm looking forward to reading Iron Flame!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, Blood, Bullying, Genocide, and Xenophobia