Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

36 reviews

annoyingtwig's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Bullying, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent and Kidnapping

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

cherryboo's review

adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

razorfangz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Not all that attached to Avatar as a series, but I really enjoyed this one! Kyoshi's an interesting protagonist (very refreshing to see an angry and cold female protagonist that's allowed to be angry) and I was invested in seeing her overcome Jianzhu and his forces. Speaking of Jianzhu, an avatar villain that's a rich government man who was friends with the previous avatar, tried to take on said avatar's duties, who's now trying to contain the new avatar with his influence that could easily kill her and has become a broken man trying to do so is a FANTASTIC concept. He was one of my favorite characters from how well he was written and how angry he made me in a lot of his scenes. Probably one of my favorite villains in recent memory. 

Also the book is gay. I appreciate that :) I love seeing gay people in fantasy novels and Kyoshi and Rangi's relationship was absolutely precious to watch unfold throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Classism, Child death, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood and Body horror

Minor: Homophobia

jacinderr's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.75

The avatarverse is for the sapphics!!! This was a bop, but it felt a bit too rushed and tooo many convenient plot moments for my liking. The writing was v good tho and didn’t feel like a cash grab. There were good ideas I just wanted it to be fleshed out more for how long this book was. I love kyoshi my earth queen 😭🥰🤭🫡😤

also the brutal murders tho ??? I loved it keep traumatizing them kids

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Child death

Minor: Homophobia

There was like a gentle reminder that some people were homophobic and that was just so funny to me like ??? What’s with the lore here LMAO just let the girlies be gay

maidinnah'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

5.0

An incredible addition and expansion of the ATLA/LoK universe that I highly recommend any fan to read. The ATLA/LoK series is so beloved because they seamlessly weave together light-hearted humor, mature themes, epic, martial-art sequences, and impactful character moments, all of which were captured perfectly in TRoK. 

Moreover, TRoK takes advantage of the freedom the written form offers, by going farther than the series ever did. TRoK does not shy away from explicit descriptions of physical violence and deepening political intrigue, while exploring themes of justice, corruption, and duty. Its story is also supported by a colorful cast of characters, the standout being the titular Avatar herself. Kyoshi's development from a shy, downtrodden, orphaned servant to a force of nature doling out justice is captivating. Kyoshi's bisexuality is also explored in ways the series never could, with TRoK offering a fulfilling, developed romance without the censorship of children's TV programming. I couldn't put the book down, nor did I want the adventure to end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol