Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Avatar, the Last Airbender: The Legacy of Yangchen by F.C. Yee

6 reviews

pandacosm's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It's a relief to finally get an Avatar novel by F. C. Yee that has a

real happy ending and where friends actually stay loyal and play important parts in the final climactic battle

. I have to admit, reading the prior books partly ruined the mood for me all the way through because

I kept on expecting betrayals or a tainted, Pyrrhic victory, so the highs of the book couldn't be enjoyed

. And this book still has points that I consider unnecessarily dark for the Avatarverse, like

literally having a tortured child kill a sky bison and then die himself. Yeah, that happened

. It was an interesting book. I'm relieved this is the end of the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Sorry if I missed any content warnings. There was a lot of dark stuff as usual.

luciferlibrarian_93's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

4.25 ⭐️ this was so much better than the first Yangchen book!! She’s out here playing 3D Chess while everyone else is playing checkers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Torture and Trafficking

haleybre's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

billyjepma's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

A very solid step-up from the first book. It takes the relatively lacking stakes and character dynamics of the last one and successfully elevates them to the level of the thematic and narrative material around them. I love how these books are leaning even harder into the political undertones of the animated series by prominently featuring marginalized characters in leading roles, avoiding easy cliches, and consistently casting the government, authorities, and the rich as antagonists. And they’re not shallow antagonists, either. The villains aren’t as compelling as in the Kyoshi books, but they’re still effective and have complicated believable motivations. I also like how the conflict requires intellectual fortitude over “let’s see who the better fighter is.” I’ll continue to read as many of these as they put out. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Death, Grief, and Murder

theuncannydani's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Slavery, and Vomit

lunar_lesbian'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Minor: Animal death