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kathispathi 's review for:
Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
****Fourth Wing critique points with potential spoilers ****
1. Vocabulary/ phrases were really repetitive (he smirks, his jaw clenches, his eyes darken etc)
2. Themes were really repetitive, especially in the first half of the book: she is weak - she manages to overpower the situation. She is nothing special - she is very special. She thinks Xaden wants her dead - he actually helps her but she repeats that she can't trust him. This was going round in circles.
3. I get that the school is brutal, but everyone constantly dieing makes me not care about anybody dieing as I don't have any emotional attachment to the characters. And I also find it 'unrealistic' / unreasonable that the school / the officials would really care so little about losing so many potential soldiers.
On the plus side I did enjoy the story a lot once the dragons came into play.
1. Vocabulary/ phrases were really repetitive (he smirks, his jaw clenches, his eyes darken etc)
2. Themes were really repetitive, especially in the first half of the book: she is weak - she manages to overpower the situation. She is nothing special - she is very special. She thinks Xaden wants her dead - he actually helps her but she repeats that she can't trust him. This was going round in circles.
3. I get that the school is brutal, but everyone constantly dieing makes me not care about anybody dieing as I don't have any emotional attachment to the characters. And I also find it 'unrealistic' / unreasonable that the school / the officials would really care so little about losing so many potential soldiers.
On the plus side I did enjoy the story a lot once the dragons came into play.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder
Minor: Vomit