Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Fourth Wing - Flammengeküsst by Rebecca Yarros

14 reviews

lizsurber's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, War, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Ableism, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Torture, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

2blueshoes's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book brought the “dangerous magical school” vibes of Harry Potter and mixed it with the “dystopia and constant death” of Hunger Games. I enjoyed it. I felt weird about it. I had a lot of questions. 

The heroine of this book (Violet) is twenty, but reads younger at first in her emotions and lack of experience. As a reader it is gratifying to see her grow and become stronger (both mentally and physically) throughout the book, but it means she’s a difficult character to get to know - she is developing and changing so quickly it’s hard to pin her down. She’s weak then feisty, strategically clever and then angsty and recklessly plunging into danger. It feels like you are reading about twenty years of someone’s life, instead of one. By the end, Violet is undeniably a badass, and speaks her mind (especially to the men in her life) in a way that had me texting cheer emojis and sharing screen shots. 

Although there are multiple heroes in this book, the only one that anyone cares about is Xaden.

Spoiler

(That’s a lie, I’m obsessed with Liam bring him back please).

It’s clear from the start he’s a love interest, and Violet is immediately and unwavering in her desire to… uh, ride his dragon. The sexual tension didn’t absolutely wow me in this book, but all the right elements for a dishy shadow zaddy romance are there. Xaden reminds me so much of Reven, the hero in Liar’s Crown, but he’s definitely a more morally questionable character. (I’m always low key wishing heroes could be badass and also not murder people, but that doesn’t really jive with the tone of the book. So, prepare yourself to not love everything he does.)

If you are someone who needs to know how complicated magical worlds work straight away, this book will test your patience. I had questions all the way through, and even after finishing the book many aren’t answered (what is up with the white hair thing?) That said, the world building is impressive, and differs from any magical school or dragon stories I’ve ever read. I enjoyed the scenes with the dragons SO much, and found their complicated personalities and lore the best part. 

This book is really long, but I didn’t find myself bored or skipping scenes. I loved how much we got to explore in just book one of the series - and can’t wait for the next. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Sexual content, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, and War

xompeii's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

Fourth Wing was a good book. I found the writing to be somewhat basic for fantasy. It was frustraiting at times when the author told us something instead of showing us, if that makes sense. It had moments that made me annoyed with how often something was repeated. In the end I was pleased enough in the writing to look forward to the next book. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Animal death, Chronic illness, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, and Ableism

stellastallion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, War, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

lemonwrlds's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Violence, War, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Ableism, Child death, Violence, War, Animal death, Bullying, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Sexual content

fiercereadsfiction's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gaslighting and Misogyny

singingshooter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Really enjoyed the world building and the pace of the book. Mostly plot, with spice. Can’t wait for the next one

Do agree with this TikTok and some of their critique on the writing style of the author. Well, it wasn’t enough to completely take me out of the story and DNF the book. It was a little bit jarring. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Body shaming, and Mental illness

Minor: Toxic relationship

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

THE ENDING?!?!! 

Yeah Xaden got endless amounts of explaining to do, but this amazing!! Also Dain is the dumbest character to ever exist. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Slavery, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Classism, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Animal death

literaryintersections's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

Honestly this book is lucky to get a 4 and I might put it down to a 3.5 Let's be clear, the 4 is strictly for: 
- the readability - I devoured this
- the fucking dragons. Tairn and Adarna are fabbbbbb
- Rhiannon and Liam and Imogen 
- the disability rep (which for some reason I haven't read a lot about.... troubling) 
- the last 20%

This should be a 1-2 star for: 
- Xaden legit being a rip off Rhysand from ACOTAR
- this entire book being a rip off of ACOTAR (Dani = Tamlin, Xaden = Rhys, Violet is like Feyre book 1, the family dynamics, etc.) AND of Divergent (I mean Tris and Four are legit Violet and Xaden)
- the nickname "violence". Folks that is not sexy like literally re-do your standards
- the absolutely terrible worldbuilding - like literally what is this world? How was it made? Why do dragons bond with humans? What do they get out of it? Who are the venin? How were they made?????
-  The anachronistic language - I mean legit using "thrice" in the same sentence as "get laid" folks this does not make sense.
- Violet being extremely annoying for a big chunk of the book, kind of off and on. When she was awesome, she was awesome - really understanding her power, challenging misconceptions of those around her, and just being unapologetically her. But when she was like waffling, or "does he like me, does he not", blah blah blah blah blah. She seemed much younger than 20. 
- the American Ninja Warrior Gauntlet. Like it's literally as if I was watching ANW on tv. Embarrassing. 

Overall, I get the hype. I get that this is for many people an easy way for them to get into fantasy. That's what I hear a lot of people saying "I don't even read fantasy and I loved this" which should honestly say something for the fantasy folks out here who read it all the time. This is fantasy light, which is not a bad thing, but important to know going in. I also think that there is just better, more complex, more romantic, fantasy/romantasy out there. So hopefully this welcomes a new class of fantasy lovers into the genre. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny and Ableism

Minor: Death of parent

Other questions: - what happened to the dragons of all the rebels who were murdered? Like did they disappear?!?!?