A review by fangirljeanne
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I have thoughts, mostly about the marketing and reception of the book. 

TLDR it’s clunky at times, undercooked, and unpolished, but manages to get it legs underneath it after around 30% and becomes an entertaining (white straight) New Adult Romantic Military Fantasy. 

I’d recommend this to fans of YA looking for something a little more brutal (violent action) with open door sex scenes. Basically New Adult. And this might also be a great entry point into fantasy for those who might be intimidated by the big name Fantasy series. 

Overall, I don’t think it’s as fantastic or terrible as people are saying. It’s just okay. *shrug*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, War, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

Military propaganda that’s clumsily challenging at the very end. The world the character lives in has the features of an imperialism, but functions like a military dictatorship. While it has a lot of diversity in the characters, especially the normalization of sign language, it feels incongruent with the structure of the government and way the society so willing accepts the death of countless young people for not being “strong enough” to survive training.