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A review by yeriwithaj_
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
4.25
Was this the best fantasy romance book with dragons ever? no. Did I still gobble this up like a starved human? yes.
Let me start by saying that I would have finished this story in one sitting but, I got cold feet at the last 100 or so pages and said no. So, it took me about 2 weeks to decide whether or not I was gonna finish this book. And that wasn't because I wasn't enjoying the book.
Now to the actual review of this book and story... I liked it, loved a lot of parts, and also found a lot of parts overdrawn and boring, but not enough to not have me inhaling almost 500 pages in a day.
I honestly don't even know what I am trying to say. Did I like the book? Yes. Am I gonna read the next book? Also, yes. I already preordered it. I do think the genre is a little mixed, it's not YA but reads like it for the first 100 or 200 pages and then there's sex introduced which ups the genre to new adult.
I do think the author needs to do better in describing her characters' physical appearances, specifically her black and brown characters. Ma'am, if you can describe the deadly peep-peep thing-- that no one is gonna know how to pronounce unless they listen to the audiobook-- with that much detail, and you can describe these mythical creatures (dragons, gryphons, venin) with the number of details that you included, you can and should be more explicit and intentional with the black and brown bodies, that represent real human beings that exist in your everyday world, in this book. Do better, because you can do better.
Let me start by saying that I would have finished this story in one sitting but, I got cold feet at the last 100 or so pages and said no. So, it took me about 2 weeks to decide whether or not I was gonna finish this book. And that wasn't because I wasn't enjoying the book.
Now to the actual review of this book and story... I liked it, loved a lot of parts, and also found a lot of parts overdrawn and boring, but not enough to not have me inhaling almost 500 pages in a day.
I honestly don't even know what I am trying to say. Did I like the book? Yes. Am I gonna read the next book? Also, yes. I already preordered it. I do think the genre is a little mixed, it's not YA but reads like it for the first 100 or 200 pages and then there's sex introduced which ups the genre to new adult.
I do think the author needs to do better in describing her characters' physical appearances, specifically her black and brown characters. Ma'am, if you can describe the deadly peep-peep thing-- that no one is gonna know how to pronounce unless they listen to the audiobook-- with that much detail, and you can describe these mythical creatures (dragons, gryphons, venin) with the number of details that you included, you can and should be more explicit and intentional with the black and brown bodies, that represent real human beings that exist in your everyday world, in this book. Do better, because you can do better.