I fear I will offend many by what I am about to say and I'm kinda terrified to be on the wrong side of this Fandom but I'm desperate at this point so…
Iv been wanting to replace my daily doomscrolling with reading. I don't think iv actually read a book and finished it since I was in high-school (that was long ago). So I asked a friend of mine – who I know is an avid reader – for request. She told me she had just finished this series that she could NOT put down. She went off about how incredible these books where and how much I would LOVE them. I got super intrigued as she told me the premise as I love fantasy (loved GOT and grew up watching LOTR). I hopped online and immediately ordered the first book in the series – Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. So I started it and… it wasn't good in my opinion. None of the plot made any sense to me and a lot of the characters were very pretty flat. Again, this is my opinion pls no one come for me!! Anyway, iv tried to look up some different fantasy books/series but I fear they will all kinda give the same energy.
Are there any fantasy lovers who really didn't like Fourth Wing who can recommend some books here?? I would really appreciate it! 🙏
by ren4000
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Wild recommendation from your friend if you’re looking to pick up reading again and not interested in romance lol and I say this as a fourth wing lover. Some authors you might want to look into would be Robin Hobb, John Gwynne, Joe Abercrombie, Matt Dinniman, and maybe Michael Crichton (Jurassic park author. More sci-fi than fantasy but still great)
You are definitely not alone in not liking Fourth Wing, at least not on Reddit, so don’t worry about people coming for you lol
I’d recommend Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb if you haven’t already read it
Fourth Wing is basically this generations version of Twilight. Aimed towards girls/female readers. Generally considered awful by everyone else.