I think far too many people are taking this book too seriously. It just ain’t that serious, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. There are so many things that people enjoy that might not technically be good quality, but that doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t enjoy them.
I’ve also seen a lot of people hating on the book when it wasn’t something they were into anyway.
You like fantasy and dragons? Cool! But there is a huge difference between Fourth Wing and Game of Thrones. Just because it’s not game of thrones does not therefore mean it’s bad (just an example). Just because something is popular doesn’t mean you’re going to love it.
And, just because something is written simply, does not mean that it has bad writing. This goes for lots of things, like pop music for example. People associate pop music being bad because it’s perceived as simple.
Simple allows for quicker reading pace, it allows more people to get into the book community as its easier to read. But those things do not mean it’s bad.
And to tie in what I said about pop music, I think another reason people are widely hating on Fourth Wing is because it’s mostly popular with women. And what women love must therefore be bad, right?
I am by no means saying this book is a masterpiece, but art is art, and art is subjective.
There are lots of bad things to say about this book, but there are many books where people have lots of bad things to say about, but that doesn’t mean that overall it’s a bad book.
In saying all this, I’ve been reading Iron Flame, and it’s drastically much worse. I think it’s honestly come down to trying to drag out the story and lumping in world building in the beginning. I’m still enjoying it, but not in the same way as I did the first book. It should have had much more cut out from the beginning, I’m at 400 pages and yet the book feels more like thats where the halfway point should have been.
I think far too many people are taking this book too seriously. It just ain’t that serious, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad. There are so many things that people enjoy that might not technically be good quality, but that doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t enjoy them.
I’ve also seen a lot of people hating on the book when it wasn’t something they were into anyway. You like fantasy and dragons? Cool! But there is a huge difference between Fourth Wing and Game of Thrones. Just because it’s not game of thrones does not therefore mean it’s bad (just an example). Just because something is popular doesn’t mean you’re going to love it.
And, just because something is written simply, does not mean that it has bad writing. This goes for lots of things, like pop music for example. People associate pop music being bad because it’s perceived as simple. Simple allows for quicker reading pace, it allows more people to get into the book community as its easier to read. But those things do not mean it’s bad. And to tie in what I said about pop music, I think another reason people are widely hating on Fourth Wing is because it’s mostly popular with women. And what women love must therefore be bad, right?
I am by no means saying this book is a masterpiece, but art is art, and art is subjective. There are lots of bad things to say about this book, but there are many books where people have lots of bad things to say about, but that doesn’t mean that overall it’s a bad book.
In saying all this, I’ve been reading Iron Flame, and it’s drastically much worse. I think it’s honestly come down to trying to drag out the story and lumping in world building in the beginning. I’m still enjoying it, but not in the same way as I did the first book. It should have had much more cut out from the beginning, I’m at 400 pages and yet the book feels more like thats where the halfway point should have been.