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jartone93's review
- 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
Graphic: Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Animal death, Confinement, Abandonment, and Classism
ashlikes's review
- 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
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
- 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
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture
Minor: Confinement, Murder, and War
tiredtori's review
- 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
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
therainbowshelf's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Grief, and War
Moderate: Death of parent and Torture
Anaphylaxisbookish_otaku's review
- 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
4.0
I was delightfully surprised by the development of both the ATLA universe and Kyoshi's character, especially how it shows the evolution of a young girl, completely out of her element and just barely getting by, to the assertive and decisive avatar that Aang later asks for advice.
I think F.C. Yee took a typical revenge tale, embellished it with some reflection, and casually turned it on its head in a way that deserves some appreciation. It makes people think about the postivies and negatives of having such a singular, violent drive. It also gave Kyoshi that morally grey aspect that we all know and love, while adding to the humanity often cut out in memes.
The casual LGBTQ+ relationship was so wonderfully done and their bomd was very nice to read. It feels so pure and imbued with youth, but also doesn't overpower the story in an unnatural way (seeing as it's called The Rise of Kyoshi, it's good that remained the focus throughout the book).
The found family element to this and Kyoshi's own struggle with the definition of family was also an appreciated element, one I wouldn't have minded seeing capitalized a little more. There was one character in particular that I think was done well, but the rest felt a little lacking in comparison, and I really would have loved to see them all grow closer. If not just to make the parting at the end all the more painful. Her relationship with Lek was well done and was extremely sad when he died, would have liked a similar feeling when she had to part with the other characters. Because of this, I think the emotional hold this had over me was not what it could and should have been, which is what keeps it from the full set of 5 stars.
I stand somewhat neutrally on the side of pacing. It takes a pretty lengthy amount of time for anything to happen in the book, but at the same time it never feels like it was dragging to a painful extent. I do think the beginning half could have been sped up just the tiniest bit to allow a greater time for us to witness her training evolution, however I wouldn't call this a major detractor of the book, just me being picky.
Despite the book being about Kyoshi, I really appreciate how it also managed to characterize Kurak. It fell in line so nicely with Kyoshi's realization of how everything works in cycles, and allowed for the ending that we got! Makes me extremely curious to see what befalls Kyoshi next and how she'll shape the position of Avatar, and be shaped by it.
Moderate: Death
Minor: Violence and Confinement
papercraftalex's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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