Reviews tagging 'War'

The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

15 reviews

azalya01's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

This is such an incredible story. The writer of this book takes such care in crafting such an important character like Kyoshi. I can really appreciate the depth and darkness this book takes in it's additions to the world building of the ATLA universe. Everything in this book if fully fleshed out and you can tell that Yee really respects the source material of the original show. This book definitely has dark moments, so approach this story with that in mind. I loved this book, it's one of the best I've read in a while, and I can't wait to start the sequel: The Shadow of Kyoshi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Emotional abuse, Death, Child abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Child death, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Classism and Blood

Minor: Bullying and Vomit

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

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

bakkuababy's review

adventurous 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

4.75

the world building in the avatar universe will never ever disappoint. it’s so interesting to learn about kyoshi’s background; her bending, the fans, the outfit, the makeup, it all holds so much importance. also loved seeing an avatar that’s kind of feared ? solely because of the circumstances she’s been put in and how she kind of moulds herself into this figure seen by the public because of said circumstances. it was really refreshing as well to see her grow from how timid she was to this powerful being. 
this was a big upgrade in terms of violence and darkness compared to TLA where it was often sugarcoated to keep it PG and really caters to the audience/reader assuming that fans that grew up watching TLA are now adults. 
ALSO really loved the mini Easter eggs and references to TLA 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Violence, Death, Blood, and Abandonment

quechaya's review

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

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

simareading's review

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

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

mostlyvoidpartiallystars's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

The narrative being somewhat nonlinear was slightly confusing at times, but ultimately effective. 

I don't know why, but I didn't expect so much death in an ATLA book! 

Overall, an exciting book that managed to surprise, delight, and horrify me by turns. Filled with interesting characters and worldbuilding that fills out the world ATLA paints for us, I loved this both on its own as a story, AND as an addition to the ATLA universe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Child death, Child abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Sexism, Kidnapping, Stalking, Xenophobia, Violence, and Body shaming

Minor: Homophobia, War, and Sexual harassment