Really bad writing quality, I can’t believe the ratings are so high on goodreads. I’m just expressing my opinion, so unless you also didn’t like it I’d not keep reading this post, because I hate when people talk shit about my favorite book lol… Anyways, the main character, Violet is the most annoying insufferable whiny girl I’ve everrrrr read about. The “chosen” trope was honestly very overused, Violet apparently has a bone Illness but Rebeca never mentioned it on the book. So her fans and her thinks that I have a crystal ball to guess?! I just thought she was very ANNOYING. She could at least actually train and improve instead of waiting for her 7ft boyfriend to save her or poisoning her enemies please. Also the thunder thing while they have love is very cringy sorry, I hated it. The world building is horrible and the plot is messy. I wanted to know more about the school system but the author just skipped through it. The best part of the book is for sure the dragons. The characters are very basic with no personality or depth…they felt like exactly what they are (fictional). I like books that makes me feel like I personally know the characters. That’s more of a rant than a review. And apparently the second book is even worst according to some of my friends… And the author is very problematic, honestly Sarah just Maas 2. But to call her Sarah j Maas is actually an insult to Sarah because I actually like almost all of her books…
The ratings sure are weird. They almost convinced to read the book, but some comparisons with Eragon (my all time favorite book) made me hesitant. I think my experience would be ruined because I would keep comparing them both.
I’ve read both and really the only similarity is that there’s dragons so I don’t think that would be a problem. To me Eragon was a LOTR style high fantasy and Fourth Wing is more like a fantasy Hunger Games.
The reviews did save you from reading a mediocre book, tho
Comparing Fourth Wing to Hunger Games makes my brain hurt.
As someone who likes to look at the reviews for tea, I’ve seen quite a few people on Goodreads talking about how their 1 Star reviews for Fourth Wing have “gone missing”. Not saying it’s actually happening, but it makes the high rating it’s currently sitting at look a bit suspect.
I loved Eragon and its series while a teen but I think I would have a hard time rereading them now without nostalgia glasses. Not that they’re bad at all, I just reread them so much as a teen and now I have a creative writing degree, I don’t want to taint my memories of them by seeing what could have been done better.
That all being said, I’m so excited to read Murtagh, which came out this month. I’m hoping Paolini’s writing has grown with him so that I don’t find it too young for me now (I’m almost 30).
And I promise I’m not trying to shit on Eragon, I adore it and it was very formative for me!