Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

294 reviews

ka_cam's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

2.75

This is a good book if you want to turn off you brain, dissociate and pretend you haven’t read any YA fantasy from the last 15 years or so. The plot is predictable, writing not great, and characters flat, but that can be comforting in its way and I did finish it. I felt bad for how one dimensional Xaden and Dein were, and it felt stilted how the author randomly threw in a range of identities that had no real meaning in the world besides to make 2024 US readers feel like they were getting a ‘diverse’ book (though the treatment of Violet’s  Ehlers-Danlos style condition was one of the more interesting threads, though also pretty predictable). World building in general left some to be desired. For me the sex scenes read like a high schooler fantasy, and the lusting was a bit tedious, but if it works for you it works for you! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Animal death, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Ableism, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and War

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Ableism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, War, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Stalking, Vomit, Drug use, Animal cruelty, and Toxic relationship

mercerhanau's review

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Medical content, Ableism, War, Death, Murder, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death of parent, and Vomit

cozy_tea_reader's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

The world building was really good and the ideas behind the magic system was really interesting. But I felt like the quality of the writing and lack of strong character development took away from that and many of the side characters didn’t have strong character development at all and felt like they were very much in the background.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death of parent, and Violence

marleens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Is this a perfectly written book? Nope. Was it a definite five star read? Hell yeah! Love an author who is not afraid to kill people off, and if you combine that danger and tension with magic and dragons and an amazing slow-burn romance enemies-to-lovers story, then I’m all on board!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment

mnasadoo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death and Ableism

elizabeth_lepore's review

adventurous 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Ableism, and Violence

Moderate: War and Animal death

oz2021's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Death, and Murder

bookbarn's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Ableism

s_r_sparrow's review

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

1.5

I hated this book. It was essentially a modge podge of every popular ya fantasy but they cussed and there were explicit scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, War, Ableism, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Drug use