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A review by mo_whales
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
mysterious
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
3.5
To be perfectly honest I finished this book in a day, so obviously I liked it. I thought I was going to put it down and go to sleep and what do you know, I'm awake and the book is finished.
I love dragon books. Let's put that out there right now. A Natural History of Dragons is one of my favorite series of all time. I love world building and magic building. In the beginning this book did that, but eventually it was all about two characters getting in each others pants. Fine, it's a kissing book, and perhaps I wouldn't have been taken aback if I hadn't gone into this book thinking it was YA I could recommend to students, but it is absolutely not YA and I absolutely cannot recommend this to students. The second half of the book is spicy and graphically so, which just isn't my genre of book. It honestly read more like fan fiction to me in those scenes, graphic for graphic sake.
I will likely read the second book just to see what happened because there is an interesting (though not original at all, you can definitely see this author was inspired by Divergent and The Hunger Games) twist at the end and I hope it will bring the story back to dragons and magic.
I'm going to let the blurb explain the premise because I worry I will spoil it if I try. I will say I did enjoy watching the main character Violet find her voice and strength. Her character development was going swimmingly...and then...it was all about a dude. Like, ALL about a dude.
I love dragon books. Let's put that out there right now. A Natural History of Dragons is one of my favorite series of all time. I love world building and magic building. In the beginning this book did that, but eventually it was all about two characters getting in each others pants. Fine, it's a kissing book, and perhaps I wouldn't have been taken aback if I hadn't gone into this book thinking it was YA I could recommend to students, but it is absolutely not YA and I absolutely cannot recommend this to students. The second half of the book is spicy and graphically so, which just isn't my genre of book. It honestly read more like fan fiction to me in those scenes, graphic for graphic sake.
I will likely read the second book just to see what happened because there is an interesting (though not original at all, you can definitely see this author was inspired by Divergent and The Hunger Games) twist at the end and I hope it will bring the story back to dragons and magic.
I'm going to let the blurb explain the premise because I worry I will spoil it if I try. I will say I did enjoy watching the main character Violet find her voice and strength. Her character development was going swimmingly...and then...it was all about a dude. Like, ALL about a dude.