You cannot convince me that she didn't write this with AI
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2023 | Rating: 2/5 | Best Sellers in Audible Books & Originals
spoilers  spoilers  spoilers  still actively reading but i need to ranti am about halfway through this book but wanted to start writing a review now so i dont forget anythingfirst off i think it is a little funny that when the group of cadets is discussing the unity of navarre theyre discussing how a language was lost among groups of people that the unification only benefited three particular provinces it has been irking me since i first read fourth wing that yarros was using gaelic incorrectlyand of course by now im sure youve seen all the videos of true gaelic speakers bringing awareness to this yet she actively chooses to be ignorant by mispronouncing not only the language entirely but the dialect and she literally put it in her book so she knows what she is doingsecond violet has got to be the most obnoxious character i have ever read the way she is so mad about xaden keeping things from her is outrageous if we look at the big picture the two hardly know anything about each other why she thinks she has earned the right to know all of his secrets is beyond me and same that he doesnt deserve to know any of hers outright but she is behaving like a spoiled brat thousands of lives are at stake and shes pissy that he wont tell her this info knowing she can slip which she does she spills the beans to all of her friends it is a good thing he didnt trust her to keep her mouth shut because she cant i dont care the intentions and when she does spill the beans she gets irritated that her friends arent blowing up and furious at her the way she is at xaden youd think she would realize that makes her the problem but nothird this book is absolutely filler im at page 274 currently and at least 100 pages could have been cut out the whole back and forth of violet and xaden arguing but not really making any progress is redundant why this wasnt condensed is beyond mefourth ward keys really she couldnt come up with any thing else couldnt try to call them something even a little different previously a lot of readers mentioned there were parallels to sjmaass acotar books i didnt catch it in fourth wing and maybe thats because i was listening to the audiobook on double the speed so i wouldnt have to hear how stuffy the narrator was but there are significant elements that stand out to me now in iron flames i can see several from acotar and togas of right now this book is getting two stars and that is being generousupdatewow now violet has siphons just like the bat boys and listen i know in some books there will be similarities it happens the fourth wing story is an easy read it doesnt deep dive into fantasy the way most books do within its genre so maybe i should have expected this but there are too many similarities from maass work that are blatant again im wondering where a proper editor was so something like this could have been avoidedso far i have not read anything unique in either of these books so far there is nothing original nothing has wowed me i do like xaden i think he is a fun and strong character it is really hard to root for violet at this point i would be happy if she was written off and somehow the dragons and xaden live and someone else take the spotlightok we are around page 500 and things have started to pick up this book is all drama as if we didnt have enough of it already insert cat who is a btch just because she can be just goes back to that i dont feel this is a true rep of fantasy fantasy is an element of course but sometimes i feel like im reading some cheap reality show and violetlord have mercy violet is still a loose cannon and not in a rin type of way from the poppy war shes a loose cannon because she continues to act like she is thirteen years old and cant take accountability for her own actions and the rare occasions that she does she just throws a pity partyfinal updateok i finished it and my goshit did not get better im leaving this at a two star review and that is being very generousnow that we know xaden turns venindid anyone else catch this is exactly what happens to dmitri in vampire academy where he is reluctantly turned strigoi and in blood promise rose has to off him i would not be surprised if in the third or fourth book that xaden is written off at the very least this is another blatant similarity to another well established book and authorif this comes out that any sort of ai was used to write this book i will not be surprised disappointed but not surprised where were the editors scenes should have been cut entirely these similarities could have been handled better if they truly were not stolen and rewritten dialogue was cringe i saw someone else mention that she wondered about the ai if not a ghost writer something is up with this book and not in a good way i believe red tower is pushing so hard for a money grab that quantity became more important than qualityviolets character development continues to go downhill and again this isnt the masterpiece chaotic development that kuang used for rin this is justawful and embarrassing cat is still an unnecessary character that i believe was thrown in for the reality tv lovers the readers that crave drama xaden is the glue holding this story together and if she does go the same route that richelle meade took then the series is in trouble as if it isnt already this was a filler book that deserved more time and effortworst book ive read in a long while