is fourth wing the WORST book of 2023?

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[@annavanrijn4639]

It is funny how it has such a high rating on goodreads but literally no one who I follow on KZbin has liked it. I think it is a fantasy not for fantasy readers but for people who normally read things in contemporary settings. AKA people who have no reference for what good world building is like.

[@candyflosskitten23]

I love fantasy and I loved this - I went into it thinking it would be crap but it’s got like crack in the pages I couldn’t stop reading it. I understand the world building is bad but it got me out a slump so my 5 stars was purely based off enjoyment 😂

[@lea6385]

i feel like this is for old dystopian, ao3 girlies, like it might be hot garbage but its fun hot garbage

[@Priyanshi-td6sm]

I have the same feeling for a ton of popular books. 😂😂 I mean if every one of my GR friends hates it then who is giving it a 4.5 rating.??

[@asherscott3151]

Or decent characters, dialogue, or anything 😅

[@nazimelmardi]

@@candyflosskitten23 rating is based on comparing. So let's drop to you other books. Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive has less rating than this. Malazan Book of the Fallen too. First Law too. Just to drop some of the masterpieces of fantasy and about 5 stars. This book - based on goodreads - is the next best thing ever happened to fantasy. It is not. It has weak prose, plot holes, logic fails, bc of the prose the main character seems to be a child and thats why this smut feels sick. And what's with the h@rny dragons??? Why??? That's connected to humans makes the moral compass so bad... So no... It's very far from a 5 star quality book even in "smut book" type. I don't like Maas but she did better and even she didn't reform the fantasy genre. The 3 above did.

[@sillyleah118]

I HATED this book It read like a romance writer writing their first fantasy novel without doing any research The language was too modern There was no world building The characters were 2 dimensional and somehow also insufferable

[@nazimelmardi]

That’s not true. The language was not modern, this prose was simply said: bad writing. That’s not how you write a book. It doesn’t matter if it’s fantasy or not. The dialogue was primitive. Nobody talks like that. Not because it’s modern. She literally discusses family history with the guy she just met at huf very second they started to talk?? That’s not talking it’s world building of some sort just the author doesn’t know how to do it. And “Nobody. Uses. This. In. Any. Book. Not. Just. In. Fantasy. Ever.” Because this is stupid. Here it’s used not once. Makes her feel like a child. I could go on. This book is a draft that never saw a beta reader let alone a professional editor to check and drop back for re-write for serious issues. There are logical mistakes, plot holes and that also not bc she never wrote a fantasy before and needs research. It’s simply not logical. Nonsense.

[@Cloudy_with_chance_of_love]

My problem was every review online told me “intense steaks! High risk! Fucking dragons!” And what I got was a thirsty woman who wants to kiss every fine man.

[@kenzashenna]

"It read like a romance writer writing their first fantasy novel"😅 yeah because that's how it is. Rebecca is a NA romance writer! But Im confident she'll get better with fantasy along the course of the book 😊

[@nazimelmardi]

@@kenzashenna the quality issue has nothing to do with fantasy. It’s just simply don’t taking the time and effort. It’s obvious that she thought that moving to fantasy is easer and you can just do whatever you want… just like Twilight, where the author made a ridiculous vampire story and used it for an even more ridiculous love story. Here (if we want to guess) comes from an author who didn’t take time from reading some really good books, check how they do the world building, what are the tropes you NEVER do, but also there are romance tropes here that are so much overused that a 10 year old child could know what’s the outcome. “It’s always that guy” - from the moment when her sister says it. He will be. How stupid can it be? Avoid him! -> he is the guy. The guy is a family enemy? -> he is the love interest. You see? She is the main character? Her dragon will be special. How old the author is? 15? And : “You. Never. Use. This. In. Dialogue. Because. It’s. Dumb.” Not once but in every chapter. This is bad writing not the fantasy itself causes it.

[@Trosvvo]

​@@nazimelmardiBeautifully stated 👏👏

[@charliescozycorner]

We shouldn’t as a book community be calling someone brave to share an unpopular opinion on a book that is popular.. red flags everywhere. Reading is so subjective, something that is so universally loved can be disliked by many. I too dislike fourth wing

[@bethxnytxmlin]

Tbh I find this being a unpopular opinion strange because actually so many BookTubers I’ve been watching lately have been saying this book was let down? Sometimes I feel like “hype” is just like idk made up is the best explanation I have😭

[@charliescozycorner]

@@bethxnytxmlin Oh I think we just watch different people

[@bethxnytxmlin]

@@charliescozycorner it still makes me want to read it though tbh 🥲

[@kathryn-yd7bh]

@@bethxnytxmlin definitely booktube always gives you the honest reviews no matter what the book is, tiktok I haven't seen one negative review on it yet. It's on this month's tbr so least I'm not going into it with both perspectives.

[@Saphia_]

​@@kathryn-yd7bh Booktok really has a different taste to BookTube (and frankly, not one I trust). I honestly think most of Booktok is people who are just starting to read and everything is new and fascinating. Not a bad thing but I hate that it makes mediocre to bad books popular.

[@amnal3983]

Thank you for making this video I feel like I’ve been living in a bizarre alternate reality because I can’t see how this book is good 😭

[@erinartypants6673]

Same!!!

[@chelsey_laygachlife8985]

Honestly same

[@andreitaa0923]

SAME

[@LimitlessMegan]

Rachel Reads is currently going through the books scene by scene talking about it. She basically said she's reviewing it the way she would if she was Beta reading for the author. It's already a multipart series, so for sure three hours.

[@tungstensmum1491]

Reads with Rachel? Yessssss her breakdown of this has been so good.

[@LimitlessMegan]

@@tungstensmum1491 Oh thanks for that correction, I follow two Rachels and my brain just smooshes everything together because it's useless.

[@billiep1603]

I love Rachel she’s so intelligent I love how she critiques books

[@Saphia_]

​@@LimitlessMegan Is it Rachel Oates or are there more Rachels I need to follow?

[@LimitlessMegan]

@@Saphia_ Not Rachel Oates, and if you like her you'll probably really like Reads with Rachel (who I was referring to)!

[@takeherthemoon]

also, almost no one i’ve talked to in the EDS community really really dislikes this book lol. there’s a few people who feel represented by it which i don’t want to take away from ! they deserve to feel seen ! but a lot of the community doesn’t seem to like this at all. you’re telling me this girl can have the type of sex that breaks furniture and doesn’t dislocate anything or have any EDS related issues??? i’m sorry but a good bit of us can’t even have regular sex with no furniture breaking without having any issues i am genuinely so confused

[@ivylilybasket]

Yes, I'm so annoyed with the new trend of "cosmetic" illnesses that never impede the character, and certainly not in spicy scenes. It feels like a new wave of "love cures (insert problem here)" trope. Depression? Anxiety? Chronic pain? Chronic fatigue? ADHD? Auto-immune illness? No worries, the girl will be able to do acrobatic moves in intimate scenes and achieve multiple climaxes. All for the titillation of clearly able-bodied audiences who applaud how this is "diversity" and "representation". This is the equivalent of "diversity" when Black characters don't need special hair care for coily hair and where gay couples are written as husband and wife and then one of them gets gender-swapped.

[@heatherperez9254]

I have EDS and I didn't even know it was represented in this book and there ain't no way someone like myself could fight, ride dragons and do everything she does lol realistically she would have been dead long ago. Making her a scribe would have been more believable.

[@molluscumlore]

LMAO yeah my girlfriend has eds and i almost dislocated her shoulders when i stood up while she was clinging to me, just her body weight and an unintentional amount of force was risky. She's not even got a particularly bad case but that's still totally out of the question. Minimal research ppl, also it's not THAT uncommon. Talk to some strangers and join a club or two and you'll definitely know someone you can ask

[@sayuriakirayuu7944]

Rebecca Yarros has EDS, she talked about her experience, and also how each EDS is different. So I guess she wrote from her own perspective.

[@Josandy]

Wow this video was so validating LOL. You're the first person i've seen mention the info dump! Such a cop-out for world building!!!! I was so annoyed and my friend was like "i don't get it... it was fine" and im like WTH HOWWWWWW.

[@jadepittman4623]

Megan: I'm not going to love it or hate it, its just meh. Also Megan: Its stupid. Its just so stupid. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Bookslovejenna]

I DNFed it about 80 pages in. It is so poorly written. I couldn’t take it. I feel like this is the bookish version of the Emperor’s New Clothes. Like more people must have disliked this book than are willing to admit. I feel like readers are going - it must be me. I must just not get it. Because this book just really, really falls flat. The author is mainly a romance author - she’s got a pretty solid fan base and I can get why they hyped it - based on reader loyalty and hope - but what is up with everyone else? I am usually one that tries to stay objective about books and stress that my experience is only mine and if I didn’t enjoy something it doesn’t mean I’m right and everyone else is wrong but I’m also an English teacher and this book felt like reading the first draft of an 8th grader’s first try at NaNoWriMo. One can enjoy that. Sure. They can see potential. They can celebrate the achievement. That doesn’t mean it’s worthy of wild raving and adoration. It’s not. This book is just not finished. She needed a better editor. One that would tell her the truth - You have no plot. Your characters are flat and static. Your dialogue is not smooth or realistic. Your basic premise relies on the reader never asking why. You tell not show your world building. Why do these all powerful dragons obey these people that have no actual strength or power to enslave them? Nope. The hype is a lie. For whatever variety of mostly valid and genuine reasons…the hype is nevertheless a lie.

[@annanotelsa]

to be fair, i haven’t finished the book, but i agree with you. i’m reading it like “this is the stuff i used to write for fun when i was 11 and doing nanowrimo.” some parts of the plot and especially the dialogue had me like “this is exactly what 11 year old me would do😭😭😭” except this is a published author…

[@Maryannesquire]

This is the best review I’ve read so far. It is so unbelievably poorly written. Her romance publisher decided to start doing fantasy, so my only guess is an editor with zero experience in the fantasy genre was put on this book - and it shows. But even then, so many other elements were terrible as well. Not to mention that it is seemingly a mash up/rip off from so many other books - Divergent, The Hunger Games, How to Train Your Dragon, the Dragon Riders of Pern, Temeraire, and Eragon for starters. In speaking to a few people who’ve liked this book and insisted they do read fantasy, they admitted they hadn’t read any of those series or perhaps read one.

[@Trosvvo]

​@@MaryannesquireAnd it's not even good romance! She sees this hot dude and instantly is lusting for him. 🙄

[@Ellie_2007]

Same. I went to page 100 before I absolutely could not take it anymore. I bought the book for hecking fantasy! Not some lovesick teenage girl who couldn't even make up her mind! Like cmon 😭 was not at all expecting so much romance and little worldbuilding with how it was portrayed. I think is especially didn't like it because it was a huge step down from the inheritance cycle which I had just read a week prior and was craving dragon fantasy 😂😢

[@natesamadhi33]

Who cares about logic and writing-quality when you've got love-triangles and sex!

[@neophyte8]

the clip at the beginning cracked me up 😂😂 I actually think I first came across fourth wing in that video and I also had never heard of it and then literally the next day i could not escape it 💀

[@brand0n234]

I DNF’d after around 100 pages because I could not stand the writing and the world building. I love that you shared your honest opinion and I’m glad I’m not the only one who didn’t like it because everyone I follow on bookstagram is literally sooo obsessed with it.

[@juliannapost1053]

the fact that the author is 42 and writes like that... yeeeeeeesh. I was genuinely so infuriated that this won anything in 2023. I've seen wattpad stories more consistent than that

[@erinlewis6901]

This is the best thing to happen since 50 Shades and After, because i LOVE watching youtube video after youtube video of booktoobers tearing apart the same book and that couldn't happen if we didn't have bad books go viral.

[@KayAstray]

I have to assume that the reason this has such a high rating is bc all the ppl that would have rated it 1 or 2 stars already gave up on the book early on. Like I read some of the sample pages and realised very quickly that I would not enjoy it lol

[@angiesfantasies]

i have not read fourth wing yet but this video just made me even more curious to read it since everyone always says that it's amazing - so i think even if i don't like it as well at least it will be entertaining haha😅 great content, i loved the video and will definitely rewatch it once i've read the book 🐉

[@rickclark7508]

As a 35 year old male I was tricked into buying this book based off of the summary and good reviews. Completely terrible romance book for women.

[@maxspooky8991]

This book completely destroyed my trust in goodreads

[@starrynightfall00]

The interest in this book is baffling 😂😂 I was excited to nab the audiobook on Libby when it was first added to the library and noticed that, after a couple of days , 20+ people were cued behind me. I DNFed it after 30%. Definitely one of the most overhyped books I've seen in a while.

[@kathryn-yd7bh]

Katie colson made a video and ripped the book apart with the plot and why it wasn't good

[@libraryofkaris]

i have no stakes in this because i haven't read forth wing nor do i have any interest in reading it, simply because it's not my type of fantasy. but this was entertaining to watch! i feel like with a lot of popular fantasy books there's always a surge of people who love it and then there is eventually a surge of people who dislike it 😅🐉

[@manganett]

This was the rant I've been looking for 😂

[@elskabee]

I'm less than a minute in and I have to say omg that editing!!! this video is so good already!

[@lcrx97]

Thank you omg cannot wait to watch this

[@lcrx97]

Okay I’m so glad you put the whole “info dump while walking to death” into words. Drove me nuts! I gave it 3.5 stars because I did find it to be addicting to read and will probably read the second but it was SO CRINGEY. I don’t know why people call this their favorite of the year or give it 5 stars lol. The romance is BAD and rushed and baffling too. 🐉

[@cateyes8588]

You’re so kind. Too kind. This book is zero stars on a good day.

[@tine272]

thank you so much for saying literally every thought i had while reading this monstrosity

[@grumpybooks3612]

That thumbnail is one way to get some views - love it 😁😁

[@erethesun]

I love how you said the thing about the world expanding! That's how I write my books, so it's good to know people like that!

[@charl9767]

Finally confirmation I’m not insane

[@Lime_A]

You’re not I promise you 😂 the book is not that good.

[@mightbecam]

This whole video made me feel so so validated!

[@kylierussell0207]

The pic of you getting eaten by the shark is EVERYTHING 😂😍

[@ampersandread]

I am here for the Fourth Wing slander 🤣 I DNFed the book at ~130 pages (before we even got to the dragons!) and the sheer amount of praise the book has been getting makes me grind my teeth lol🐉

[@amylemcoauthor]

Yassss Bear and Nightingale 🙌🙌🙌🙌 gawd i hope she does more in that wheelhouse

[@sagebrown13]

I see where you are coming from personal as someone who struggles with reading I loved it so much and it was really interesting but I do see where you are coming from and I think it is really important to hear both sides

[@bethxnytxmlin]

Omg we had to book our tickets a week in advanced! And also omg I went to the same cinema idk if you went same day as me the cinema was so damn packed 😭

[@Random-ne3ed]

I literally saw this in a book store today, read the description and some pages, and the first thing I thought was "This is sh&t" and this is the first thing I find when I look it up, lol.

[@etherealstar]

me trying to speed read now that I’ve finally gotten it from the library so I can finish watching this vlog lol

[@TabithaCortney]

I actually really enjoyed it but I did just start getting into reading like a week ago. It’s definitely a Divergent with dragons.

[@jim-bob3093]

I cant imagine even considering the idea of knownongly sleeping with someone, whos immediate family was responsible for my siblings 'death'. Like that alone is just. Nope. Goodbye

[@kathybryar06]

This week I feel like it’s you and Katie against the world now 🐉

[@themommaspot5298]

Elliot Brooks also did an entire video on how much she hated it as well.

[@jradle11]

I had the same exact reading experience as you!

[@psistarpsi80]

Legit you nailed my feelings 100%. Only reason I keep reading is for the cute baby dragon.

[@kelley.s]

I also had never heard of it till your video, and then the next day it just exploded. I was so excited to read it because I thought it was an adult romantasy, I was not prepared for how cheesy and silly it would be 😅

[@tiarajones6209]

I was feeling the same way. It took me 1 hour to read 38 pages and we were still stuck in the same setting.

[@lilachoney8516]

Thank you I needed someone to confirm that it's not just me that hates this book

[@knallfroosch]

I'm also one of the many people who say it was bad to meh, "but I liked the dragons, they were cool"

[@dawncox4019]

Lol. After Atlas Six I was not going to be fooled again.

[@eliseelliot]

I wish more people would give To Shape a Dragon's Breath a try. It also came out this year and it also is about a girl going to a dragon academy. But it is so much better. World building that makes so much more sense!

[@eilidhcrawford523]

You've convinced me!!!

[@nipiti]

thanks for this reccomendation!

[@lc2830]

Thanks for the recommendation

[@jarbincks6715]

TYYY

[@tiramisunsun]

I read it too and it's so good!! The worldbuilding is interesting and the representations of minorities (LGBT+, POC, neurodivergent) in To Shape a Dragon's Breath is done really well and respectfully. Can't wait for the second book to come out.

[@spazzmaticus1542]

Girl I fancied at work recommended this book to me.... I feel embarrassed for her.

[@2206lauretta]

I have the audio book on hold at my library and now I want to undo that :D 🐉

[@saracruz-lass3411]

I read this for a book club... and while it was NOT a great book, I enjoyed it. Was the language too modern? absolutely (it had that I'm trying to be a badass divergent quality to it, which I thought was so obnoxious).. Did she literally just open a Map of Europe and take names and places from Spain, Wales, and Ireland etc. ? Absolutely.. but simultaneously, it's a simple and reasonably entertaining read that IS foremost a romance novel. That's what it is.. it's like Bridgeton trying to be Jane Austen. but Hey, if you take it for what it is.. it's fine.

[@gabs392]

I’m so glad you posted this because this is how I felt about this book! 😂 I really don’t understand the hype, but the publishing company did really great with their marketing strategies.

[@kaydeeandavery426]

Wow! Makes it so simple 🎉

[@AdyGrafovna]

This one seems to appeal to those readers that love SJM so I have avoided it. This just confirms my assumption that I would hate it.

[@isabellavalentine7268]

Yes! I don’t like SJM but having read it months ago, I can see why the booktok girlies hyped it up so much

[@nazimelmardi]

That's exactly for SJM followers but even worse than her. SJM has a very BAD moral compass besides her weak prose and writing. (and too much smut) This? Plot holes, logical fails, the weak prose makes you feel that the main character is not an adult, so... that smut is sick. And wtf with the h@rny dragons? So no. This book is bad. More like 50 shade of madness with Twilight in quality.

[@alexaavg]

I don't know why but I enjoy watching bad reviews of my favorite books I really enjoyed everything you had to say T-T

[@goodnaturedgamer8181]

Was so annoyed with the book that I have started writing my own dragon series 😂 New Sub from me.

[@Random-ne3ed]

Different novel that did it for me, but welcome to the club.

[@lovewrote97]

i agree with everything here! regarding the chronic illness rep - i am chronically ill and connected with some of the descriptions of it, but i don't have EDS so i can't say anything specifically of how that was represented

[@ashlyh3591]

It’s ok to not like a book. It’s now my all time favorite book and soon to be book series. Even over ACOTAR. For every 1 person that doesn’t like it there are like a thousand that do. Just the way the world works.

[@crawfishpi]

So much fiction these days is that awful, "guilty pleasure", published fanfic. I hate that I'm feeling like this, but I have started to think that if I have heard of a title before I personally go to buy my next read then its not for me.

[@dreenyan]

"I don't like Sarah J Maas, I don't like "From Blood and Ash", d'you know?" - I SUBSCRIBED SO FAST

[@rorengal]

"No b*tch, you're going to be a dragon rider" 🤣🔥

[@sallyholt7007]

I´m impressed you actually managed to finish the book.I read up to page 60-70 until I just couldn´t anymore.

[@HeatherB81]

More readers need to put the truth about this dumpster fire out in the universe!!!

[@nazimelmardi]

It's done on discords

[@sleuthytv1228]

Have you see Elliot Brooke’s video ripping it apart? 😂 she said the same thing about describing the world while in a life and death situation

[@cameronwilliams1231]

Why do I keep falling for the hype Of these books 😭 will I ever learn

[@isabellavalentine7268]

You’re so brave Megan… but honestly, I liked the vibes of this book and listened to the audiobook. I ended up skipping about 2 hours of it and I feel like I didn’t miss anything, so that tells you something about the plot haha. I liked it and I’ll read the next one, but I’m not committing to more than 3 books

[@ShineyGlaceon]

A bit of a pointless comment perhaps, but I thought your pink makeup at the 300-pages part was really cute!

[@Reading_Tamishly]

The rating you gave is generous!

[@Aiyume7]

i feel like you'd enjoy Reads with Rachel tear this book apart 😂

[@RinsDesk]

Unresolved Textual Tension also tore it apart. XD;

[@knightofatrillionstars]

So glad that I haven't picked it up from hyped books. I did it with bunny by mona awad and red queen by Victoria something Think dogged a bullet for once.. sadly tho realized I own a book from the same author. Um am not looking forward but will read it..

[@Coolkaelyn]

Speaking of books that read like a movie Meg you gotta get to Zero Days by Ruth Ware if you haven't yet!! I read it this past month it was so action packed and thrilling I'm obsessed I think you'll like it!

[@MyCLAUDIO123456]

I got scammed by the looks of the book and the "background of the author", literally im a few pages to end it but cant find the energy to do so

[@ArielReads_]

I'm glad I am not the only one who was baffled by this girl reciting history textbooks when faced with death lol

[@chriserony]

This book was like the last 3 popular young adult fantasy novels combined - but with dragons. Girl joins Dauntless and meets the Darkling. She then spends the entire novel thirsting over him in every setting while her childhood friend won't stop whining. I don't know how you can subsist a society where you just kill 3/4 of the people in your most elite university. My thought from the first chapter was "this will never make it to film." You could see through it from the first scene. Why would you kill all your freshmen on a rampart on their first day of school - for no reason - allow blatant murder in the school, and then give an award for "your group survived with the most members"! I'm only halfway through the book, but even I can tell the dragons respect people even if they aren't physically strong, the war is a lie, and the main character gets everything she doesn't deserve because she's special.

[@ambervest4680]

I am glad I didn’t waste my time with this one. I’m not typically a fantasy fan anyway but I’d love to branch out. Do you have any recommendations? Fantasy that you love?

[@elouisescott954]

The Folk of the Air Series (The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King, The Queen of Nothing) Or the Red Queen Series

[@SaraSidwell]

Not op but I absolutely LOVED the shadow and bone trilogy! + I know people love the duology six of crows (yet to read). But then again, who am I to say, I gave Fourth Wing 5/5 stars haha

[@Von545]

Tress of the Emerald Sea, and Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson are both wonderful books for dipping your toes into the fantasy genre

[@winoculture2745]

Fourth Wing is a ridiculous book, but I loved it. It’s stupid. So stupid. But that’s part of the appeal. I know there are people out there who love Adam Sandler comedies. I am not one of those people, so I find myself think the movies are completely stupid. However, I recently watched this movie, Slotherhouse, where a killer sloth becomes the mascot of a sorority house and murders everyone. That was so stupid too, but it was the kind of stupid that I very much enjoy. Fourth Wing, like The Da Vinci Code, is the kind of stupid that many people enjoy.

[@frostrider3704]

The good thing about all these awful BookToks novels being published is that I am expanding my BookTube reviewing channels. Subscribed.

[@RebeccaMarrion]

Okay you’ve got me worried now 😬 I love dragons 🐉 love them. I wasn’t sure about this book but was intrigued because of the dragons so was looking at what people were thinking and everyone seems to be loving it you hear about it everywhere. So I ended up just getting it for my birthday. Now I’m nervous to read it and wonder if I hate it too. We don’t have 100% same reading taste there’s some books I’ve loved that you’ve hated and others you’ve loved that I’ve hated but over all we’ve been quite similar and I value your opinion. I’m glad you did the video but eekk I’m scared about reading fourth wing now ☺️💕

[@nazimelmardi]

You got here h@rny dragons... Sick...

[@kaleidokai11]

if you’re looking for a 5 star fantasy book you should Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah it’s literally the best thing i’ve read this year and the way the author changes perspective is such a cool way to tell a full story

[@samiligon9016]

I like when KZbinrs give their honest review, so I greatly appreciate that you were honest. Also, I 100 have the same opinions as you! Especially at the end when you said that you could talk for 3 hours about all the scenes that are just cringe!! Also, this writing is horrible! There are too many run-on sentences and too many unnecessary words. I had to re-read sentences to understand what it is going on! On a shallow surface I can understand why people like it. But for readers who want depth in world building and character development and plot, then this book is not for them. This book really sits at the 2.5 mark instead of a 4.

[@andreabootsma8478]

I feel like that info dump could have worked if it had been like, a poem they use to remember the facts or something rather than just the facts themselves. It would have been more work to write that way but a lot more believable to me

[@melindaforry644]

I definitely want you to read the second book! 😁 I personally liked the book, but I’m not someone looking for plot holes or anything like that. I just read it, thought it was a fun ride and done. I don’t normally read fantasy or books about dragons so maybe that’s part of it. Just thought it was a fun easy read. Although I actually did have an inkling about that last page. No idea why but just thought maybe?? Next one is out in November so get ready!!! LOL Love you and your channel ❤️

[@music0babe707]

I been eyeing this book for a while but my gut has stopped me from buying it and I don't think I will now. 😅

[@fantastical-whimsical5937]

Unrelated to the book review, but the Southend Cinema didn't even have the Barbie popup photo box either?! It was there days ago and I was so mad when it wasn't there! again 5 star movie!

[@MacBeth21]

OMG MEG, NOT STOCKHOLM SYNDROME 😂😭😂😭

[@billiep1603]

Thank you for confirming my suspicions that this book is absolute shit

[@Missangelblanco]

Hello my people, I was searching for all of you. I'm so glad I found the "haters" of this "fantasy" book.

[@romanov3937]

What made me hate this book was how the MC kept saying horny things about the guy she likes, despite knowing she is danger and in a VERY high risk situation. There are people trying to kill her and she is thinking about getting laid? Lady time and place!

[@ChemicalPenguinn]

It's objectively bad, but I kind of enjoyed my reading experience despite my numerous criticisms. (I have a plot summary on my channel in case anyone wants to know what happens without reading it).

[@ChemicalPenguinn]

Oh my gosh the info-dump at the start was horrible. I really thought Fourth Wing was a debut because the writing was so amateurish -- imagine when I found out Rebecca Yarros had written like 15 things

[@patriciaa811]

They said on Audible that the narrator sounded sick when she read it, too.

[@GlassHalfDead]

I saw the anecdotes about how good this book was and so I decided to dive in to see what was getting newer readers hyped these days. And oh boy... Legit didn't enjoy. Seemed pretty typical YA stuff aping the standard Sarah J Mass Cassandra claire stuff. Oh well!

[@kif-zallrhat1870]

As somebody who typically reads computer science textbooks, I found it far more pleasant than what I usually read. Except the fact it was way too corny, I liked the story but not the romance part and the sex I literally skipped because it made me too uncomfortable. Jokes aside, starting to look for reason and logic in books ruins them, no matter how good they are. That's why I hate reading. I have to turn off my brain and simply enjoy it, when I start thinking almost any book seems ridiculous and stupid to me and I can find way too many plotholes to enjoy them.

[@aquillerjay4286]

I gave it 3.5 stars and that was mostly the Dragons I also enjoy improving the story because it just had so many problems and plot holes. But I do not understand why so many peop!e are raving about it and saying this is the best book they have read this year

[@lisalaviat2181]

I think if Eragon, Divergent and Sarah J Maas had a baby it would be Fourth Wing. And I like Maas books so I enjoyed this. I think it was very entertaining 😅

[@superjess89]

🐉 The more I hear about this book, the less I think it’s for me. I may eventually read it, but I’m in no hurry.

[@bethkenny5620]

As someone with (h)EDS type 3, I really wanna see the rep but I also really don't wanna read this book 😅

[@nataliehernandez9914]

I literally am finishing it while listening to the audiobook because I can’t stand it. The amount of curse words that make the conversation even more stupid. I got excited with the dragons but the rest is unbearable. The way in which she is protected by everyone but at the same time she is so skillful out of nowhere. I got the hard cover version so imagine how bad I wanted to like this book 🥹😂. Loved your video btw.

[@CosaNostraPrincess]

Yes yes yes modern fantasy dumps everything all at once instead of just enjoying the journey.

[@Moonlight_storys]

I personally love the book because it’s a world and kind of fantasy realm that I love and I don’t know why that is won the most highest rated books on Goodreads but yeah, anytime I talk to someone they say they don’t like it

[@janellelives5158]

I was an avid reader in MS and HS. So I’ve read a lot of YA fantasy and sci-fi. I read and enjoyed TOG, Divergent etc. But for me I can only read so much of it. Now I’m primarily reading adult sci fi/fantasy. I prefer to avoid books with YA undertones. I’m tired of the predictably of tropes, limited world-building and writing. However I’ll occasionally read novels like From Blood and Ash, Crescent City etc. They are guilty pleasures. I have plenty of problems with these novels. And I like them as pallet cleansers. There’s a good balance of romance/smut and plot happening. Would you recommend Fourth Wing to me?

[@tatli3630]

Yes, I think so. If you can get through anything written by SJM you will be okay with this book. I read adult fantasy, as well as some YA fantasy, can't stand From Blood and Ash or anything by SJM, but I found this book entertaining with all its faults. It's by no means a well written book, every single criticism of it I've heard is valid. But the pacing is alright and something new is always going on, so it keeps you engaged throughout. As a quick read it's fine, but I would never recommend this to someone who reads exclusively fantasy.

[@katrinaandallthebooks7993]

Essex certainly is obsessed with Barrie, I had to sit in the front row on a Tuesday lunchtime in a cinema that’s normally empty! I though this book was meh, feel bad because there were two very innocent girls at school reading Hunger Games and I mentioned it to them before reading it ~ hopefully they’ll ignore me because what do teachers know about anything 🤞

[@i_am_tyler5241]

Simply put, Yes fourth Wing is one of the worst books of all time, not just 2023. I never wrote a review on a book, didnt even have a goodreads account at the time, but when i started to read this, I knew I had to write a review. Like Im sorry, If you ask me, rebecca yarros shouldnt write again if this was the best she could conjure. Also people, dont trust goodreads or half these booktubers who were gassing the book before it released.