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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

861 reviews

sbhumphreys's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

2.0

Of all the books that exist, this is one of them. Honestly, every bit of it was predictable, and there’s not a lot of respect for the language that is used (being Gaelic). I’m also annoyed by the publishing practices. 

I did find it to be more readable than some other romantasy out there. There’s a long of info-dumping, particularly in the first act of the book. At least the battle college FEELS like a school, but there are some insane cultural practices, mostly being the heavy emphasis on lack of riders juxtaposed against “yeah you can just kill other students without repercussions.”

The constant setting of magic rules just to break them also drove me crazy. It was very predictable and very annoying. 

The nicest thing I can say is that I did at least like the story, but just because it’s enjoyable doesn’t make it good. Really I think the hype over this book is solely the romance and the presence of dragons. Because it sure isn’t the writing
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madisyn_cannon's review against another edition

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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? Yes

4.0

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veronyqueso's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.25

I really enjoyed this book! There were tons of clever twists and it’s easy to get lost in this fantasy world. I was surprised by the romance aspect but it’s good. Fourth Wing is worth the hype! 
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jeannie_riley's review against another edition

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fast-paced

3.75

The story itself is phenomenal, but there is A LOT of language and several instances of graphic sexual content, which caused me to lower my rating.
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abbysingh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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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pattyrisu's review against another edition

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adventurous funny relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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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readingelli's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging 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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eabbenante's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

The storyline and plot was great. The banter between Trag and Violet was really entertaining. I really enjoyed the very obvious love triangle and how it played out, but that was also my biggest complaint. I love a book with lots of sexual tension but this was less sexual tension and more the MFC constantly gawking over how beautiful/ muscular/ sexy/ etc. this man is and then going on about how she hates him and how could she think that. It got repetitive, a little boring, and fairly funny (though it wasn’t intended to be) to have these long descriptions of how gorgeous he is and how she needs to “smother her feelings” while staring at home for several pages.  
I thought the disability rep was fantastic. It was also great to have a love interest fully invested in the MFC learning how to fight for herself.
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lauren_macauley's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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hal00alex's review against another edition

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

3.25

A book that has an interesting subplot about history being erased or hidden that keeps getting interrupted by booktok tropes checklist. 
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