Fourth Wing

, #1

Tapa dura, 512 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 1 de mayo de 2023 por Entangled: Red Tower Books.

ISBN:
978-1-64937-404-2
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ASIN:
B0BGDM197Q
Goodreads:
61431922

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(9 reseñas)

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don't bond to "fragile" humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter--like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll …

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Generic Power Fantasy with Hints of Great

I had a giant review/rant planned mentally as I finished #FourthWing . I was going to rant about how insufferable the main character Violet, or how really interesting characters are established only to crumble into pillars meant only to thrust Violet into more greatness. Though it would be falling on deaf ears. Most either love this book unapologetic or want nothing to do with the false hype surrounding it.

This book is conflict. Conflict between wanting to tell a above average fantasy tale with a really interesting world/concepts, and a cheap smut fan-fiction written by someone who has never been physically close to anyone. Some pages the fantasy story wins, and for half a chapter the spicy virgin dribble wins.

It really feels like the author had a pretty decent story written out and went back in and decide to inject the drooling over the male lead later on because …

reseñó Fourth Wing de Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

It features a fast-paced plot with constant threats, rivalries, and unexpected twists that keep you engaged. The core of the story revolves around the bond between riders and their dragons, exploring themes of loyalty, trust, and the cost of power. While categorized as a romance, the romance develops alongside a compelling fantasy narrative, but can sometimes be overpowering, especially during the more passionate scenes.

reseñó Fourth Wing de Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)

Drachen, Drama und ein Hauch zu viel Erotik

Ich verstehe jetzt, warum Fourth Wing so einen Hype ausgelöst hat – denn es ist tatsächlich ein Buch, das man nur schwer aus der Hand legen kann. Der Einstieg ist rasant, das Setting an der Drachenreiter-Akademie atmosphärisch dicht, und die Spannung zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch die Handlung. Besonders gelungen fand ich, wie sich nach und nach das politische Netz um die Hauptfiguren verdichtet und wie die Autorin es schafft, trotz des typischen Akademie-Settings überraschende Wendungen einzubauen.

Violet ist eine Hauptfigur, mit der man mitfühlt – nicht zu perfekt, mit Ecken und Kanten, die glaubwürdig wirken. Ihre Entwicklung hat mich überzeugt, und auch die Nebenfiguren fand ich weitgehend gut gezeichnet, insbesondere Xaden, dessen ambivalente Haltung bis zum Schluss interessant bleibt. Die Drachen selbst sind nicht nur beeindruckende Kampfmaschinen, sondern haben Persönlichkeit – ein echter Pluspunkt!

Was mir allerdings nicht ganz so gut gefallen hat: Die intimen Szenen zwischen …

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.

Finished it, but UGH. A Horny Hodge Podge.

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reseñó Fourth Wing de Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)

complicated feelings

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Another book that I enjoyed more than I thought I would

Another book that I enjoyed more than I thought I would! We follow Violet SorrengaiI when she joins the Basgiath War College to become a dragonrider in the kingdom of Navarre. All she wanted was to become a scribe, but her mother, who is a war General, forces her to join the Dragonriders Quadrant, instead of the Scribe Quadrant. Just to keep family tradition (her older siblings were also dragonriders). I feel bad about the ruthlessness nature of this military school (there are zero concerns with safety and well-being of the cadets) but I got past that. Cadets die if they make mistakes or fail the crazy challenges and test assigned to them. They are prepared to bond with a dragon and become a rider. The bond is strong, rider and dragons can telepathically communicate. And if you're a rider and your dragon dies, you die! I'm loving the mental …

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  • Fantasy Romance
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