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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

18 reviews

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is my most favourite book I’ve ever read now. I just loved every single thing about it. I will forever be completely mad for this world and these characters. Thank you Rebecca Yarros! I can’t wait for all the books to come!! Xaden is the dark Mr. Darcy I never knew I needed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, War, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Oh my god, I want book 2 and I want it now! 

First of all, an adult spicy how to train your dragon? Sold.

Fully developed, well-rounded characters? Absolutely.


Semi-predictable plot but still worth reading? Definitely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent, Genocide, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, and Bullying

wildflower_magic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Bullying, War, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Grief, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Classism, Murder, Violence, Ableism, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Stalking, Gaslighting, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture

lqne's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Vomit, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Ableism, War, Violence, Medical content, Death, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

megcarrick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Bullying, Death, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Violence, War, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Toxic friendship

marveloesje's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.0

Edit: Rebecca Yarros has come out with a statement that is in support of the Apartheid enforced on Palestine by Israel. I will not remove this review, but I want to change this rating to a 1 star and a headsup instead. 

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I'm conflicted if this is secretly somewhat pro-war, pro-military hinted. The author calls herself a ''military brat'' and her husband has been deployed before, which is why I feel somewhat uneasy with some of the wording and sentiments throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, and War

Moderate: Abandonment and Bullying

Minor: Colonisation

margaret_k30's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Chronic illness, Violence, Death, Xenophobia, Sexual content, and Bullying

Moderate: Murder, Vomit, Abandonment, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, and Dysphoria

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This book was entertaining, I’ll give it that. But I do not, on any level, understand the popularity and hype for it. 

Fourth Wing is fine. It’s not amazing, it’s not bad, it’s fine. Like, THIS is sold out everywhere?? 

The modern speak in a fantastical story really took me out. I don’t care that there is an in-universe explanation for it. It was awful. The FMC is try hard sassy and over dramatic. Fortunately, she is a relatively intelligent character, which I find rare in these types of books. 

The entire concept of the plot and world is fascinating. I just wish the romance and high school drama weren’t shoehorned in. The battle and action scenes were great. I really found myself invested in this world.

I genuinely cannot remember the MMC’s name. The romance covered too many popular Booktok tropes for it to feel natural. 

I would die for the dragons. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, and War

ampersandc's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Predictable but fun; world building is ok

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, and Ableism

Minor: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

When the entire internet is collectively freaking out about a book and selling it out at every retailer under the sun, I’m going to have high expectations. And Fourth Wing just didn’t live up to the hype for me. 

Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed my time at basically-child-soldier camp. I love a fun trope-y read. I honestly even kind of liked how I was able to predict the entire plot as it happened. (I promise I’m not being shady, I really did enjoy that aspect.) Also, disability rep where the characters are accommodated for instead of having to overcome being disabled? We LOVE to see it. I’m stoked to read the sequel because I found the story, the world, and the characters really interesting. I just also found them to be rather one dimensional and at times lazily written ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Lots of the world building and characterization is told instead of shown. Violet and Xaden’s relationship is way more insta-love than enemies to lovers like it was billed. As some other reviews point out, some of the most interesting character dynamics, like Violet’s relationships with her mom and sister, are glossed over or only really spoken about based on what happened before the story begins. There’s a lot of potential here, and I hope more of that is explored in the next book. 

If you’re into this kind of new adult romantasy (although this one felt way more YA than adult), I’d still recommend Fourth Wing. It’s a fun time, but if you spend any time on the internet, temper your expectations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Chronic illness, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Child abuse, Medical content, and Toxic friendship