Fourth Wing

, #1

di

Audiolibro

lingua Italiano

Pubblicato il 08 Novembre 2023 da Sperling & Kupfer.

(5 recensioni)

L'accademia militare di Basgiath è la famosissima scuola per diventare cavalieri di draghi più spietata ed elitaria che ci sia. Una volta entrati non si hanno altro che due possibilità: laurearsi o morire.

Violet Sorrengail già si immaginava a passare i prossimi anni circondata dai suoi amati libri e immersa nel silenzio della biblioteca. Nulla di più lontano da ciò che le sta per accadere. Quella generalessa di sua madre le ha ordinato di unirsi alle centinaia di candidati disposti a qualunque sacrificio pur di diventare parte dell'élite di Navarra: i cavalieri di draghi. Ma Violet ha solo vent'anni e un corpo ancora poco allenato alla battaglia: la morte per lei potrebbe arrivare in un lampo. I draghi, infatti, non si legano agli umani «fragili», ma li inceneriscono. E la maggior parte degli studenti non si farebbe scrupoli nell'eliminare Violet pur di migliorare le proprie possibilità di successo. Senza contare …

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ha recensito Fourth Wing di Rebecca Yarros

How to train your dragon, if the cast was horny

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The novel is very well written. I think targeted at young adults. Everyone is really horny, but they are at the right age for it, so it makes sense. Even when the characters act "dumb", it's the mistakes everyone makes out of emotion and youth. The story developments are a bit predictable. Not in an unpleasant way, necessarily, but everything is abundantly foreshadowed. It's probably not everyone's cup of tea, but this is well produced. I wouldn't be surprised if this were optioned to become a series or a movie down the line, because the material would work for that.

ha recensito Fourth Wing di Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)

Review of 'Fourth Wing' on 'Storygraph'

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Ugh. Where do I even start. Yes, the premise of the book is very promising. But the prose is so poorly written. It's as if the author just kept filling up her word count for the day. Also, there are many plot holes. I can accept flawed characters, but the MC couldn't get any more generic and cliché. I tried to give it time to see if it improves but no it just the same over and over. I really wanted this to work for me but unfortunately it didn't.

ha recensito Fourth Wing di Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)

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 …

ha recensito Fourth Wing di Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)

A Wild Ride

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Fourth Wing was a wild ride. I enjoyed the dragon-centered fantasy adventure and the romance. The narrative style is a bit more crass and profane* than I prefer, but I was easily pulled in by the world, story, and characters. And, of course, the dragons! I think I hit the point of “can’t put it down” at about the 60% mark. I flew through it and preordered the sequel.

It feels like the entire internet is reading Fourth Wing this summer, which is definitely part of the fun.

*The narrative style was a big contrast to the book that I read before this, The Secret Book of Flora Lee, which is more of a lyrical, atmospheric prose style of book.

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