Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

18 reviews

rallsley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Push everything you thought about Kyoshi from the beloved TV series aside and be immersed in the beginning stages of her life and training. Every page solidified her case for justice, doing right by her promises and ambitions. Fall in love with the unlikely cast of characters she inherited from her parents much like her iconic fans and headdress.

While she never knew her parents as well as her bending teachers, she found that she may not have been too different in idealogoy

Breaking the tradition of avatars being groomed and trained from young childhood, The Rise of Kyoshi makes you question what you thought about their role in the universe entirely along with Kyoshi herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Animal death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Xenophobia, Torture, Trafficking, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Medical content, and Confinement

kyoshi was abandoned by her parents and worked as a servant in a household. Her mentor dies in front of her eyes by her employer and she revists the memory more than once. These are the main motivations through the book

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I couldn’t get over the fact that a queer woman avatar’s story was written by a man. Overall, Kiyoshi’s story seemed fitting for what we see of her in ATLA, and the descriptions allowed me to picture how this would look animated. I’m left with unanswered questions, so I’ll be continuing into the next volume.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, War, Child death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Animal death, and Grief

Minor: Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

ashlikes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Animal death, Abandonment, Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, War, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Classism, Physical abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Homophobia, and Torture

ergaich's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

Absolutely amazing.  I was worried this book wouldn’t live up to the ATLA series but it was everything I wanted and more. The characters were complex and imperfect making it sometimes difficult to love them, but it made them all the more real

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Confinement, Murder, and War

ezrazoe4's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

I might be biased towards this book because I love Atla, but overall I loved it. I like how the author was able to incorporate details from an already established universe and create a new story from it. The plot was solid and I really liked the antagonist. I just love smart manipulative villains. I love Kyoshi's character development and the romance was a nice addition. I think the highlight of the story is the worldbuilding, though, and

the deaths of Kelsang and Lek came out of nowhere and completely blindsided me. It hit me straight in the feels.

 

The writing was easy to read and flows nicely. It might not have that much of an impact on me because I paused the book for a few months or so before continuing it again, so I probably lost some nuance along the way. I still enjoyed it, though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

quechaya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense

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

4.75

Trauma fuck yeah! Violent justice fuck yeah! Lesbians fuck yeah! This book gave me absolutely everything I wanted and nothing less

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, Slavery, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and War

mass murder referenced a few times

mferrall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Torture, and War

Moderate: Murder

philippmk's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Written in a YA style, this book definitely has a different vibe to it than the cartoons set in the same universe, yet it definitely still belongs in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Torture, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Torture, and Vomit

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, Hate crime, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Torture, Body shaming, and Bullying