I go through phases of reading, and right now I’m trying to get back into the swing of it again.
Somewhere, maybe on tiktok, I saw mention of Fourth Wing. A lot of people praised it and I knew it had to do with dragons (which I love), so I was quick to give the sample a try.
I finished the sample in literally no time and am now pretty deep (but not finished, please no spoilers!) into the book. It’s not particularly well written or innovative, sometimes the way the author writes makes me cringe a little, but god damn if I don’t think it’s a fun story. It’s very easy to read and not difficult in any capacity to understand, which is a stark contrast to the other book I’m slowly reading (House of Leaves.)
I’m a 27yr old female, so probably out of the age range for Fourth Wing, and sometimes I feel like I should be reading more “challenging” and mature things. It’s a weird guilt that I’m pretty sure I put on myself and that no one else actually cares about, and I was curious to ask if anyone else struggles with this a little?
I don’t have this problem because I wanted to write better, so I decided to read with some of the most famous books that actually have been reviewed highly, and not saturated like CoHo. Like intelligent arguments by real humans not simpleton mom booktokkers and they gave ample reasons why the book is excellent. I started with Grapes of Wrath, then Blood Meridian, and All the Kings Men, Moby Dick, I’m now closing up Lonesome Dove, getting to the gravy in Count of Monte Cristo and Hundred Years of Solitude. I’m loving the Master and Margherita, it’s so odd and hilarioius and raucous, I’m starting Gone with the Wind, and my TBR is some Faulkner, East of Eden, The Sun Also Rises, Tale of Two Cities, Don Quixote, Brothers Karamozov, and ending with Vonnegut.
I’m not having any problems with quality with these writers lol