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A review by meg_
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I felt that this was pretty overhyped. I enjoyed the overall plot of the story but it truly was just very predictable and felt like a true copy and paste of divergent plus dragons. Literally down to specific plot points of trying to be murdered in the middle of the night because you are succeeding/doing better than expected. The story was engaging and fast paced for sure but I think it ultimately fell flat the longer the story went on.
For me, the romance was also really subpar. I was really looking forward to the enemies to lovers dynamic that I'd been promised, and I feel like the set up for them being enemies was so realistic and made so much sense for there to be genuine hate between the two of them. However, the enemies part was not really all the way there. I truly never got the sense that either of our main characters truly disliked or hated the other. There was barely any enemy or even nemesis vibes and almost entirely love/lust vibes. Also I feel like these two literally fell into bed and then 5 seconds later were professing their undying love for one another and it was all just a bit too much. I felt that there was a rush toward them being in love and it didn't feel genuine to me how quickly they were head over heels for one another.
The fantasy piece was interesting and I did enjoy the dragons and some of the details of that world building, but I also found the overall dynamics of the political system to not be well fleshed out and somewhat unbelievable at times.
I have read many dragon based fantasy books and there are absolutely better options out there for people. At the same time, I do feel like this book is a great first step into the fantasy realm that will (hopefully) lead a lot of people to discovering some of the amazing worlds that exist within fantasy books. I don't actively dislike this by any means, I just was underwhelmed by it.
For me, the romance was also really subpar. I was really looking forward to the enemies to lovers dynamic that I'd been promised, and I feel like the set up for them being enemies was so realistic and made so much sense for there to be genuine hate between the two of them. However, the enemies part was not really all the way there. I truly never got the sense that either of our main characters truly disliked or hated the other. There was barely any enemy or even nemesis vibes and almost entirely love/lust vibes. Also I feel like these two literally fell into bed and then 5 seconds later were professing their undying love for one another and it was all just a bit too much. I felt that there was a rush toward them being in love and it didn't feel genuine to me how quickly they were head over heels for one another.
The fantasy piece was interesting and I did enjoy the dragons and some of the details of that world building, but I also found the overall dynamics of the political system to not be well fleshed out and somewhat unbelievable at times.
I have read many dragon based fantasy books and there are absolutely better options out there for people. At the same time, I do feel like this book is a great first step into the fantasy realm that will (hopefully) lead a lot of people to discovering some of the amazing worlds that exist within fantasy books. I don't actively dislike this by any means, I just was underwhelmed by it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Death of parent