Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

37 reviews

wirt's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and War

rosita's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I couldn't take my eyes of this book. A new favorite, I had high expectations and they were surpassed by so much. 
Kyoshi really said be queer do crime, and i love her for that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Murder, and Violence

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

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and Torture

applejacksbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

 
I loved this book. Kyoshi is probably my favorite Avatar that we know about from the series and I think this first book just enhances her characterization in the TV shows. The author does a wonderful job giving us depth to the characters in the story and adding even more world-building. I look forward to reading the second book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Bullying, and Gaslighting

kissievendor's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

How can I not give this 5 stars? It's avatar!

I didn't expect to like it this much, since I didn't care much for Kyoshi in the show, but this book adds context to why she was such a bitch in ATLA. Also loved seeing things from the show back in de books. Jep.

Maybe some characters could have been developed a bit more. But it is still ya (and avatar), so I'm more forgiving. Also we just got spoiled with the original.

Really curious to see where the rest of the series is headed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death of parent and Homophobia

flonergan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia, Kidnapping, Torture, and Vomit

fungivibes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Death of parent

papercraftalex's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'll be giving a full review after I finish the sequel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Confinement, Homophobia, Medical content, and Police brutality