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Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros
DID NOT FINISH
Got one chapter in.
This wasn't easy to read, quite literally; the sentence construction was rough, with me having to reread paragraphs on several occasions. Exposition consisted of the author unnaturally forcing information into conversation or monologue; people just don't speak like that. The worldbuilding lacked creativity, and felt remarkably uninteresting.
The main character Violet embodied every worst YA trope, angsty, clichéd, and puerile. Of course she has super unique silver hair and "indecisive" eyes, as opposed to personality or substance. I couldn't help but cringe at her inner monologue, which was simultaneously juvenile and sexual.
The text veered regularly into unnecessarily and grossly horny: "If you want to get laid, and you should [...] often" (a conversation between sisters... super weird and grossly allonormative) / "Even the diagonal scar [...] only makes him hotter. Flaming hot. Scorching hot." (hideously objectifying).
Some of these failings could be overlooked in isolation, but come together to leave continued reading actively unappealing.
My eyes rolled out of their sockets and straight into a better book. Awful.
This wasn't easy to read, quite literally; the sentence construction was rough, with me having to reread paragraphs on several occasions. Exposition consisted of the author unnaturally forcing information into conversation or monologue; people just don't speak like that. The worldbuilding lacked creativity, and felt remarkably uninteresting.
The main character Violet embodied every worst YA trope, angsty, clichéd, and puerile. Of course she has super unique silver hair and "indecisive" eyes, as opposed to personality or substance. I couldn't help but cringe at her inner monologue, which was simultaneously juvenile and sexual.
The text veered regularly into unnecessarily and grossly horny: "If you want to get laid, and you should [...] often" (a conversation between sisters... super weird and grossly allonormative) / "Even the diagonal scar [...] only makes him hotter. Flaming hot. Scorching hot." (hideously objectifying).
Some of these failings could be overlooked in isolation, but come together to leave continued reading actively unappealing.
My eyes rolled out of their sockets and straight into a better book. Awful.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia