Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

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

2 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.

yellowvans's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book develops on the themes of the first book in such a sublime way & ramps up the schemes and plot twists from the previous installment in such a satisfying and well written manner. expands on yangchen’s feelings and disposition towards being the avatar in such an interesting and nuanced way. presents such a fascinating relationship between kavik and kalyaan (very interesting family dynamics in general). commentary on the nature of mercy and forgiveness and repentance and punishment and duty and loyalty and other such fucked up shit. contains one of two believable straight relationships in anything avatar related

and they never even formally get together.

actually fucking insane 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Torture, and Toxic relationship