cozy reading vlog: I read fourth wing.... and hated it lol

hello watch me read the very popular and hyped Fourth Wing! I have many thoughts!!! Thank you to Cricut for sponsoring this video! #Cricut

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[PeruseProject]

LOVING everyone's comments!!! This is obvi just my opinion and I love reading everyone else's opinions on this book too (both agree and disagree!). It's honestly so fun when there is a hyped book we can all talk about ahaha

[_sarathedreamer]

This book is gonna win the Goodreads best fantasy book of the year award and you have to make your peace with that I felt that in my soul 😂🥲

[henrywayne]

Ooh, we haven't had Spicy Regan since that Sarah J Maas book from 1 or 2 years ago. I am seated LMAO

[SallaKanerva]

Regan spending 45 minutes trying to come up with anything positive to say about this book other than "at least it's quick to get over with" 😂😂😂 here for it tbh

[ragansreads]

“It was a sequence of scenes for sure.” Hahahaah yep. I can’t sum this book up better. I gave it 2.5 stars.

[TheEmzies]

At this point, any book that is hyped on Booktok gets an instant no from me. Your reaction is exactly how I'd expect mine to be if I read this book.

[taylorgayhart]

I am so glad that other people aren’t liking this book, because I heard NOTHING but praise before picking it up, and it’s so bad I can’t finish it!!! I’ve read at least 10 other books in the time it has taken me to just get halfway through this!! And I’m usually one for trash, like I ate ACOTR up when it came out, but this was worse!!

[oscillateswildly]

it was clear to me that the author wanted to write a fantasy but doesn't have any fantasy background, with writing or reading. i think it's only so highly rated because romance only people are reading this without a fantasy background either

[amnal]

I have a theory about the Goodreads rating - I tried reading the first few pages and knew straight away I wouldn’t enjoy it from the writing style and so didn’t read it. I suspect many people who would have rated it low had the same mindset

[nicolesilvernell]

I've been seeing this book EVERYWHERE and been so hesitant about it based on the synopsis. Sassy Regan picked up on all the things I would find annoying too, so I'm listening and staying far away from this one. 😆Also, Clay's quick cameo and exit cracked me up!

[AnEmbarrassmentofBooks]

I bought the first edition with the stenciled edges, then found out that a couple of booktubers I trust didn't like it - and I sold it for QUITE the profit. So all good!!😁

[ninarasm]

18:09 Thank you! This is exactly why I DNFed about 10% in. How she can go from “oh no I might die” to “OMG he’s so sexy I can’t think about anything else” just irritated me too much.

[literolina]

I HATED IT TOO!! I FEEL SO SEEN!! i had never been so confused on such a high rating on a book my lord

[vi]

LOOOLLL okay thank heavens. I gave it 2 stars.
I was waiting for your thoughts before I questioned my sanity because of everyone loving this book. 😅

[taylorgayhart]

NORMALLY if I don’t like a book, I think “oh it’s just not for me!” I don’t normally think “this is objectively a bad book” and I felt this way with Fourth Wing, so I don’t get its high rating!!! This book felt like fanfiction and not in a good “tropey” way but more like this is the first time the author has ever written any story ever, and it’s VERY obvious they don’t have any formal training. The writing style is exposition heavy, with clunky, immature dialogue, and there is zero world building. You just learn a bunch of facts about this “society” but you can’t envision walking around and existing in this world because the only details we learn are the ones conveniently set up to push the story forward. And within the “world building” that’s there, there is so much that contradicts itself or just doesn’t make sense, that it feels like the author didn’t spend a lot of time thinking it through. I like trash books, and I still couldn’t get through this.

[KatieColson]

Thank you so much for making this video. I’ve been scouring the internet trying to find ANYone who didn’t love this book like me

[lieslherman]

"We deserve more! We deserve better!!" YEEESSS 🙌 Besides the writing style (I really could not stand it), I couldn't agree more!! You articulated so many of my issues perfectly. The plotholes, the emptiness and incongruencies of the world building, the super slow then suddenly fast romance... Besides how "fun" some parts are, I don't get the fanatic mass obsession with this. 🙈

[PumpkinMozie]

I love how Regan tries to stay so positive the whole time like “maybe it’ll get better!” But the book just keeps letting her down 😂 I agree that it was fun in a shallow way but nothing past that.

[renatereist]

You are so spot on about the lack of and flaws in the world-building! But I still ate it up 😂 and will read the next installment.

[BannanaPhone]

Literally just finished the audiobook of this today and saw that you just posted this and YES GIRL. I LOVE A VENTING READING VLOG.
exactly my same thoughts and feelings about this book 🙃