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A review by thattheatrekid
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
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
4.25
I read this book on a whim after seeing it on someone’s instagram story. I had the day and read it nonstop 3-11pm. I really enjoyed it and there were parts I was invested and parts that had me rolling my eyes.
Things I Liked 👍:
- The character development. Wow was the character development good over the entire course of the book, and it’s smooth. I just got to point B and looked back at point A trying to figure out exactly where the change happened but it was so smoothly done.
- The family relationships between the siblings. I loved Mira and Violet’s relationship and how much they care for each other especially in the midst of an unemotionally available mother.
- Ardana. Good lord I love her, she’s so cute and her power is unique.
- The world building. I like how immersive everything is.
- The dialogue. Aside from the sappy/spicy scenes where the couple regresses to teenage speak, the dialogue is very well done and realistic. It really pulled me into the story.
- The plot twist at the end. Was it somewhat predictable? Yes. Was it still epic and made me gasp? Also yes.
Things I Didn’t Like 👎:
- Xaden. Not that he was unlikeable in the story (though he was at points); he just filled way too many tropes for me to not roll my eyes. Dark emotionally repressed mysterious shadow boy, basically.
- Violet’s entitlement. I didn’t like her “f off” attitude towards everyone who was kind to her. She was also incredibly rude to the dragon that was supposedly one of the deadliest and could incinerate her at the smallest sign of disrespect. Some of the people she was rude to just didn’t deserve it. It’s also kind of annoying how every single man in her life wants to protect her because she’s so weak and fragile; it’s unrealistic to such a dog-eat-dog environment.
- The author was clearly reaching for some clever hot nickname for Xaden to call Violet…but let me tell you, Violence wasn’t it. That’s all I have to say on that but just…no.
- Maybe this is more of a me imagination problem than anything, but it was sometimes hard to visualize the proportions described. For example it was said that Violet was the size of a dragon’s tooth and the dragons were around 25 feet tall…that’s freaking massive. And then later it talked about having to climb the dragons foreleg to mount. It’s just weird to keep those proportions in mind through the whole book.
Overall a great surprise read and I’m excited for the next. I really hope it doesn’t do what most series do and go downhill with every sequel though.
Things I Liked 👍:
- The character development. Wow was the character development good over the entire course of the book, and it’s smooth. I just got to point B and looked back at point A trying to figure out exactly where the change happened but it was so smoothly done.
- The family relationships between the siblings. I loved Mira and Violet’s relationship and how much they care for each other especially in the midst of an unemotionally available mother.
- Ardana. Good lord I love her, she’s so cute and her power is unique.
- The world building. I like how immersive everything is.
- The dialogue. Aside from the sappy/spicy scenes where the couple regresses to teenage speak, the dialogue is very well done and realistic. It really pulled me into the story.
- The plot twist at the end. Was it somewhat predictable? Yes. Was it still epic and made me gasp? Also yes.
Things I Didn’t Like 👎:
- Xaden. Not that he was unlikeable in the story (though he was at points); he just filled way too many tropes for me to not roll my eyes. Dark emotionally repressed mysterious shadow boy, basically.
- Violet’s entitlement. I didn’t like her “f off” attitude towards everyone who was kind to her. She was also incredibly rude to the dragon that was supposedly one of the deadliest and could incinerate her at the smallest sign of disrespect. Some of the people she was rude to just didn’t deserve it. It’s also kind of annoying how every single man in her life wants to protect her because she’s so weak and fragile; it’s unrealistic to such a dog-eat-dog environment.
- The author was clearly reaching for some clever hot nickname for Xaden to call Violet…but let me tell you, Violence wasn’t it. That’s all I have to say on that but just…no.
- Maybe this is more of a me imagination problem than anything, but it was sometimes hard to visualize the proportions described. For example it was said that Violet was the size of a dragon’s tooth and the dragons were around 25 feet tall…that’s freaking massive. And then later it talked about having to climb the dragons foreleg to mount. It’s just weird to keep those proportions in mind through the whole book.
Overall a great surprise read and I’m excited for the next. I really hope it doesn’t do what most series do and go downhill with every sequel though.