Fourth Wing

English language

Published by Red Tower Books.

ISBN:
978-1-64937-737-1
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reviewed Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)

The Good, the Bad and the Meh

Wenn ein Buch gleichzeitig absolut geliebt und gehasst wird, habe ich (manchmal leider) immer dieses Verlangen mir selber eine Meinung zu bilden. Also lese ich es. Ich weiß, kühner Schachzug.

Also: Ich habe "Fourth Wing" gelesen. Den grausamen deutschen Titel werde ich aus Gründen der mentalen Gesundheit nicht nennen.

Ist es nun gut oder schlecht?

Zu meiner Verblüffung: Tasächlich beides.

Ich kann beide Seiten verstehen.

The Good, the Bad and the Meh.

Good: World Building, Keine Info-Dumps, man rutscht mit der Protagonistin immer tiefer in die Welt, womit sich auch immer mehr Zusammenhänge erklären. Die Actionszenen sind packend, den Show-Down fand ich richtig gut.

The Bad: Der Stil. Ich weiß nicht, wie oft da Augenbrauen zucken und Mägen krampfen. Kaum ein Diaolog ohne eine körperliche Beschreibung. Das ist irgendwie schade, weil gut lektorierbar.

The Meh: Die Klischees. Finde ich nicht so schlimm, …

Entertaining

This was a good book! I enjoyed reading it. Though at parts I thought it was a bit too long (but that could partly be because it too so long for me to read it and also because of world building.) the ending was the best part and it really really made me want to read the sequel soon! I’m hoping the next book has more action and less build-up. 4 stars because it was missing something for me to call it amazing, but it was a very good book nonetheless.

reviewed Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)

Review of 'Fourth Wing' on 'Storygraph'

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Ugh. Where do I even start. Yes, the premise of the book is very promising. But the prose is so poorly written. It's as if the author just kept filling up her word count for the day. Also, there are many plot holes. I can accept flawed characters, but the MC couldn't get any more generic and cliché. I tried to give it time to see if it improves but no it just the same over and over. I really wanted this to work for me but unfortunately it didn't.

reviewed Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)

A Wild Ride

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Fourth Wing was a wild ride. I enjoyed the dragon-centered fantasy adventure and the romance. The narrative style is a bit more crass and profane* than I prefer, but I was easily pulled in by the world, story, and characters. And, of course, the dragons! I think I hit the point of “can’t put it down” at about the 60% mark. I flew through it and preordered the sequel.

It feels like the entire internet is reading Fourth Wing this summer, which is definitely part of the fun.

*The narrative style was a big contrast to the book that I read before this, The Secret Book of Flora Lee, which is more of a lyrical, atmospheric prose style of book.

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