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kdailyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use
hiveofbees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Death of parent
across_the_stars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This book gave me flashbacks to many of the YA novels I enjoyed as a teen: Red Queen, The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Divergent. It’s not a bad thing; I think it’s bringing in a new generation to this unique genere. But Violet and Xaden were pretty generic.
Violet was “small, weak, had bad joints, pain” etc but none of it affected her. Chronic illness impacts people on a daily scale, but she never seemed to significantly fail. And we want to root for our main character, but she seemed unrealistic. Not to mention bonding with two dragons one who is the most powerful….
Xaden gave me a mix of Rhysand and Azriel from ACOTAR vibes with his shadow abilities. He hated Violet until it’s revealed that her dragon (who was even going to participate in the Threshing) is later to his. Then he decides to like her. But later in the book he says he’s liked her since he first saw her.
There were some things as a reader I didn’t personally like: these “college age” adults read like teens and the swearing was a bit much. The cliche “bully wants to kill me” the moment he sees me isn’t one of my favorite tropes either. But overall it was a decent book and I’ll read the next two because I’m committed at this point.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and Sexual content
The chronic illness isn’t really given a name and it doesn’t seem to affect Violet whatsoever, especially after she trains with Xaden and those he assigned to help her. It felt unrealistic.shabibi's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
grayscale08's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
nonotyoshi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, and Death of parent
ammah's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Violence, and War
klm2620's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and War
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny, Violence, and Death of parent
Read this popular fantasy novel after first two books of ACOTAR (Sarah Maas) and man if I thought I liked those (2nd more than first TBH), this one was so much better! Both feature strong female protagonist forced into difficult/impossible situations to survive (with negative/missing female/mother figures in their lives)but Violet just is overall less…annoying?whiney? Both?! 😬 and therefore while I like both male main characters in each book, respectively, I feel like I enjoyed Fourth Wing much more than I expected (the dragon thing didn’t appeal to me in the least at first but the bond turns into an interesting part/effect on the storyline).anni_swanilda's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide and Death of parent
juliapatt2007's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness and Sexual content
Moderate: Gore, Violence, and War