Sharky’s Reviews > Fourth Wing > Status Update

Dain. Brother. Get the fuck out, for the love of EVERYTHING I truly hope he isn’t an actual love interest because his ass is so annoying

The run on sentences are crazy. Again with the prose, I’m feeling like the way this is written reads very juvenile? Like I’ve read fanfics about Minecraft with nicer sentence structure and less corny dialogue.

A lot of things so far have felt like convenient plot devices to ensure Violet succeeds, it doesn’t exactly feel earned. Also, it seems like these teachers promise retribution but don’t give it??

I’m not really jiving with this prose, it feels almost corny to me? Lots of cliches building I fear. I’m enjoying it a little more now that I’m not taking it seriously, but like… what. is. going. on.

Finishing my thoughts before I start the next chapter, more as a reference for me after I finish the book:

Violet will be somehow naturally be good at everything, even though narratively we’ve been told she’s been trained for something else her whole life

Xaden will be her love interest and they’ll have an enemies to lovers arc or something, potentially a love triangle with Dain

She gets a special dragon

I am so sorry to all the Fourth Wing enjoyers out there but I am struggling with this book already 😭 it’s only the first chapter though, so my feelings could change. My feelings, though, so far:

1. Violet is giving “my mom sold me to One Direction” energy. She’s teeny-tiny and has cool unique hair and is so pale..ok

2. Xaden (god help us) is definitely a love interest isn’t he