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lara_d 's review for:
Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I really enjoyed this. It was such a fun romp through a fantasy world I've not really read about before. I'd say Harry Potter meets Game of Thrones?
I suspect it's aimed at older teenagers, possibly early 20s? The characters in it are such better roll models than I think characters in books I read at that age were. I love that she's feisty, and that is celebrated! I love that the heros amd heroines in this are three dimensional, and have flaws. That they have to work at things, and their powers and skills don't just come right away (like they did in some of the cartoons / films / stories I grew up with).
Not sure if I was supposed to laugh at some of the exaggerated sex scenes? Or maybe that was deliberate? I imagined it kind of Ryan Renaulds / Dead Pool funny - when the trees got set alight and lightening flashes... literal sparks flying!
I think my favourite "saucey" scene wastheir first kiss. I listened rather than read, but suspect it was many pages long! She is a master of building up the sexual tension.
Like others have said, I enjoyed the chapters retold from another characters point of view.
The mix of characters felt appropriate, and although this is fantasy - somewhat representative of real life. I appreciated having strong, powerful female characters - e.g. Her Mum and sister, several female professors, Zaydans dragon (?Segale), also I noticed a couple of characters with they/them pronouns, and passing references to let you know one character was bisexual, but without making a big deal about it.
When Violet needed a harness in order to stay on her dragon , I wondered if that was a metaphor for reasonable accommodations in real life? She worked her ass of to learn, but was physically incapable. So having a harness made both her and her dragon safer and more comfortable and allowed them both to focus on their powers. And just because other people CAN do without, that doesn't mean she SHOULD. And she was still friggin awsome! Such a fabulous, powerful message to younger readers. Well, all readers! I'd loved to have this kind of message when I was younger, but I'm learning from it now!
I didn't like some of the fight/battle scenes. They were too graphic, upsetting, and went on for far too long for my liking.
But other than that, what a wonderful, progressive, modern romp of a book.
I suspect it's aimed at older teenagers, possibly early 20s? The characters in it are such better roll models than I think characters in books I read at that age were. I love that she's feisty, and that is celebrated! I love that the heros amd heroines in this are three dimensional, and have flaws. That they have to work at things, and their powers and skills don't just come right away (like they did in some of the cartoons / films / stories I grew up with).
Not sure if I was supposed to laugh at some of the exaggerated sex scenes? Or maybe that was deliberate? I imagined it kind of Ryan Renaulds / Dead Pool funny - when the trees got set alight and lightening flashes... literal sparks flying!
I think my favourite "saucey" scene was
Like others have said, I enjoyed the chapters retold from another characters point of view.
The mix of characters felt appropriate, and although this is fantasy - somewhat representative of real life. I appreciated having strong, powerful female characters - e.g. Her Mum and sister, several female professors, Zaydans dragon (?Segale), also I noticed a couple of characters with they/them pronouns, and passing references to let you know one character was bisexual, but without making a big deal about it.
I didn't like some of the fight/battle scenes. They were too graphic, upsetting, and went on for far too long for my liking.
But other than that, what a wonderful, progressive, modern romp of a book.