Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

38 reviews

amuletofkings's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

Did not expect to gain a new favorite villain!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Child death, Abandonment, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, and Gore

merenguita's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

The start and the ending were just perfect for me, they got me absolutley hooked and not wanting to put down the book. However the middle got a little muddy for me when all the new characters are introduced way too fast... but that might have been just me being distracted tbh. 
I would really want to reread and see if my rating changes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

larbster90's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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, Blood, Violence, Death, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Slavery, Homophobia, Bullying, and Trafficking

crml's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

second time ive read this, and i have no words i just love this book sm i LOVE yee’s writing style
the characters, worldbuilding and plot are all brilliant i have no notes i am only astonished but how well written it is. if i could consume this book and weld it to be forever fused with my being i would

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Bullying

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

zoparham's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Blood, Classism, Grief, and Terminal illness

destynee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative sad 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

5.0

This is a perfect book for those who enjoyed ATLA and are apart of the fandom. It’s a perfect way to start off a prequel and to showcase just how Kyoshi became the icon that she is. I already knew she was amazing but seeing her journey solidifies that even more. This was a great book to start the year off with and I can’t wait to start book 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Abandonment, and Violence

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Bullying, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

simareading's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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

4.5

For what it is, this book is fantastic. If it was for a different demographic I may lower my rating a bit, but the story was actually very wonderful. It made me angry, and sad, and kept me coming back after every short break. Excited for the second!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, and Abandonment

Moderate: Colonisation, Grief, Death, Death of parent, War, Xenophobia, and Child death

nixieba25f's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, War, Violence, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Stalking

Minor: Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Slavery, Grief, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, and Medical content

plume_de_renarde's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Abandonment, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Bullying and Sexual harassment