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I had a giant review/rant planned mentally as I finished #FourthWing . I was going to rant about how insufferable the main character Violet, or how really interesting characters are established only to crumble into pillars meant only to thrust Violet into more greatness. Though it would be falling on deaf ears. Most either love this book unapologetic or want nothing to do with the false hype surrounding it.

This book is conflict. Conflict between wanting to tell a above average fantasy tale with a really interesting world/concepts, and a cheap smut fan-fiction written by someone who has never been physically close to anyone. Some pages the fantasy story wins, and for half a chapter the spicy virgin dribble wins.

It really feels like the author had a pretty decent story written out and went back in and decide to inject the drooling over the male lead later on because it feels really forced and out of place. The best I can describe it is how there are H-Scenes in the original #FateStayNight Visual Novel because that was just what you did at the time if you wanted to sell a Visual Novel. Which is a shame because if they cut out all of the forced romance/smut and let it happen naturally this books could have easily been a 4 or 4.5 out of 5 instead of barley being a 3.

I am willing to give the second book a shot mostly out of curiosity to see if it rises to its potential that it shows it can have. Though if I am willing to finish it or adventure into the third book only time will tell.

Quick side note for the love of god please describe a setting more than just talking about how there are "mage lights" (which you never explain what those are) illuminating the area. And in no "fantasy" world would a character say "for the win" (let alone 3 times) or "they choose to look behind door number 2" (a reference to a TV game show)

[Want to Read] The one and only Coney book recommendation I know of

[Want to Read] He has to know what he is doing with that face on the cover.

I recall around the year 2000 is when I first started hearing the hype about this boy who is a wizard book and not thinking to much of it. That was until one day my mother brought the book home and said she was (not in character for her) to read me a little bit each night. This lasted maybe 2 chapter before you gave up and read the rest of the book on her own. So I was quite exited when a year later my 4th grade teacher started reading the book to the class aloud in our down time over the course of a month or so.

Was great to finally get to understand what all this hubbub was about. Well to this day I am still kind of wondering how this book on its own launched such a media power house. Like do not get me wrong I do not dislike the story now nor did I then. The characters where okay even if things just kinda work out for Harry through out the book. Though all in all I really just say it in terms as say the movie The Pagemaster (1994). Some dweeby kid goes on a adventure of sorts and you get to come along for the fun ride. Now was the world building better? Yeah sure but not to the amount that garnered the hype it brought.

So either way I have always chalked this Books popularity to being right place at the right time conning a bunch of people who never read to actually read a book. Very middle of the road story.

I'm a what!?

Talk about a great wrap up to the original trilogy. As is with the last book this book contains two stories it wants to tell. The first being Asmiov tying up the tale end if the Mule saga, and the second I will call life after the Mule saga. Both do such a great job balancing new characters that are quite interesting and many old call backs from the last books. Thank Space that the new characters they introduce are diverse in names and easy to member which was a issue for me in the second book. Will plenty of good twists and turns.

A lot of great development to (who I like to think as the main character) the universe everything takes place in. The revalatuins made really make you reflect on all three books and put a lot of pieces together even if the text does not come right out and confirm it.

All in all a great book that puts a cap on a great line of books. I look forward to coming back to this series once I finish my my hiatus to read other books in orer to prevent burn out. Though I would be lying if I said I could not wait to see the further happenings of the Foundation on the great planet of Terminus.