Review #410
LOTS OF SPOILERS
“He’s the horizon, and nothing exists beyond for me.”
I give this sequel a 4.5/5 stars. The scenes where Vi & Xaden are together are my favorite chapters by far. The story was unnecessarily long but the ending was brilliant.
I did something new and joined an online book blurb called Fable that’s broken into chapters so we could talk about it without seeing spoilers. But below are my comments I wrote there so…
LOTS OF SPOILERS:
Do we trust Brennan?
Is she gonna put Mira against Brennan at some point?
A lot of the chapter heading quotes are confusing and misleading to me so far.
I want Violet to think more emotions about her mom sometimes. Like. Does she care that her mom was somewhat proud? But she also doesn’t want to be like her mom and didn’t like the comment that they may be similar. But then she’s also glad that her mom didn’t seem aware of the attack plan. So there’s a lot of mixed concepts there.
“secrets make for poor leverage. They die with the people who keep them.” … damn you Aetos
Chapter 6- I love that she’s standing her found with her beliefs but we see her inner turmoil
Chapter 7- I don’t think I’m going to like Xaden being away for so much time if that’s the plan.
Chapter 9- There are too many characters. I dont even remember who Nadine was
Chapter 11- He wrote a letter?!? Awe. Can’t wait to see what it says. and I like him way more for giving her the freedom to bring in whoever she chooses into her room.
“Like a moth to a damned flame.”
“I’m more than willing to let you burn me.”
Unfortunately that chapter was the most boring one so far. For some reason I don’t care about Liam’s younger sister. There are a lot of side characters and I forget who has a rebellion tattoo and who doesn’t. Remind me who is Sawyer??? No idea.
Ugh, I wasn’t a huge fan of chapter 14 either. Violet doesn’t have a goal. She’s not trying to achieve anything. Things are happening TO her and she’s reacting, but she’s not assertively going after the thing that she truly wants, whether it’s to help the rebellion, or see Xaden, or whatever. She’s just trying to survive the punches thrown at her and it’s getting a little monotonous. Yes, there is action and dragons scorching people and obstacles to live another day, but I want to see her try to make momentum towards what matters to her.
Chapter 21/ page 214 is adding Aaric more into the story and I just want him to be her friend. The politics and war I really don’t care about at all. But if there’s going to be a love triangle I’m gonna be furious and addicted simultaneously.
So of all the people to save, why use powers on Jack?
It seems so pointless to have them separated. So much time
is them traveling back and forth.
Omg it took 256 pages to get to the sex scene. But WORTH it!
Chapter 28- the ex.. he should’ve given her a heads up beforehand.
Ah she’s telling EVERYONE the secrets! Lol. I’m relieved her friends know but terrified for them.
Ridoc may be my favorite character. I’ve complained about how many side characters there are, but him…? I’ll keep him. (Looking back after finishing I had expected him to die)
I’m so glad Liam was with her during the torture. But this book is waaaay too long and could’ve been majorly condensed. I’m still not halfway done yet. (Looking back after finishing I expected this incident to fuck with her head more afterwards)
Okay. Part 1 is over and I’m now halfway through. I don’t trust Dain at all but still expected him to help her. I hope Varrish is truly dead. Xaden is just… chefs kiss. His entire monologue on page 323 is perfect. And now the whole college is split?
Why was Andarna asleep for so long? What exactly is Violet’s mother fighting for if she let them walk away so easily? What is she standing for? It doesn’t seem like she’s a true villain.
Why is Xaden at the viscount’s?
Fuck, shit, damn it. Fuck. Page 385:
“Do you know who you sound like right now?”
“Please enlighten me.” Xaden folds his arms across his chest.
“Dain.”
Chapter 44: For the last few chapters I feel like the plot is a bit aimless. We need a clear focus/path/objective other than survive the shit thrown at them.
Chapter 48 was much needed. Not because of the sex scene but their more honest and difficult talk afterwards. Her feelings are valid. She’s allowed to feel like a failure and insecure and jealous. That’s all natural. And mastering emotional regulation as a 22ish year old is a high request. But I don’t like that he only tells her information she asks questions about. How is she supposed to know what to ask? That way of thinking is like knowing where to pluck fish out of the sky.
Chapter 52- so the nightmares are probably real connections of the future.
There are waaaay too many characters. And a new one is introduced just to kill off a chapter later.
Ugh. Their relationship is more toxic now. It’s still realistic, but toxic all in the same. They don’t have the luxury to work through it within their environment and their infatuation physically isn’t helping their rationale reasoning.
Page 522…
I’ve gotta say, this book has major depth. But I’m getting annoyed at the back and forth between the two.
He wants her to trust him. He wants her to lower her walls. But when she says “my love isn’t fickle” he doesn’t want to accept that. They just alternate roles of being petty and needing reassurance.
I didn’t take notes for the last 100 pages. I’m very happy with the ending. So I had written an alternate ending of Fourth Wing as fan fiction and it was basically this. Hero turns evil and I’m so glad that she chose this route.