Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

10 reviews

melodyseestrees's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: War, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Violence

robinks's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I was less into this sequel than the original, maybe because of the politics.

The ending was also too perfect in many ways. I still have issues with the writer being a man, but I would’ve loved to see Kiyoshi’s queerness more explicitly explored.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Bullying, Medical content, and War

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Stalking, Classism, and Torture

oletheo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: War, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Abandonment

loveyoulike's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

best avatar actually (2)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Minor: Abandonment

lastcomment314's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The challenges facing the new Avatar haven't let up. Still learning her new responsibilities, and balancing them with her oaths, Shadow of Kyoshi twists and turns from dark tunnels to shining palaces, bringing with it intrigue. I felt that the story was slow at times, but I think that that may have been to the story's benefit, as my sometimes frustration with the pace, where I wanted to see action, mirrored that of Kyoshi, who wanted to escape politics and get to fighting. Where the pace picks up though, it's a whirlwind adventure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Homophobia, and Classism

plume_de_renarde's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment

_sunlux's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It was beautifully written and adds a lot of flavor and character to the Kyoshi we know from the shows.  It also rounds out the story of kyoshi satisfyingly, despite leaving you wishing for more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Abandonment, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A more than worthy end of the duo-logy! This book really ramps up Kyoshi's character development, and continues the story of the first part in a very satisfying way that gives Kyoshi the room for self-actualization. I love these books!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, and Death

Minor: Abandonment

fiveredhens's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

favorite quotes:

Kelsang used to say there was pain and joy in all things, often when trying to comfort Kyoshi about her earliest years in Yokoya. During her visit to the Fire Nation, Kyoshi had been thrilled each time she discovered another little cache of information about Rangi, like unearthing another bit of treasure. But under the shine was life, grubby and dirty and impossible to burnish. 

She would take it anyway. Along with everything else about her girl, no matter how unexpected or painful. It took every ounce of her willpower not to lean over and give the Firebender a forbidden kiss on the top of her head.

She had been so worried about turning into Jianzhu, as if the Earth Sage had been a special breed of monster threatening to be reborn through her and only her. How laughable a notion. The fact of the matter was the world grew Jianzhus by the bushel. They sprouted from the soil and multiplied from the seas. People sought to emulate Jianzhu with every fiber of their being.

this was not quite as good as the first one but still pretty good

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Racism, Sexual content, and Vomit