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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.

kappafrog's review against another edition

3.75

Like the first book, Yangchen was great in this. I love what Yee has done with her character. This book felt more balanced between Kavik and Yangchen - I wasn't as annoyed when the POV switched to him. I also enjoyed the greater variety in settings in this book. Bin-Er never gave me a lot of rich visuals, but Taku and the other settings in this book did. I do think this book struggled a bit more with the plot than the previous one though. There were more plot holes and contrivances. People were constantly sharing only partial truths, and the timeline kept jumping around, so between those two I ended up having a hard time keeping up with the reality of the situation. By the end of the book, I felt there were a few parts where I'd never quite understood who knew what and when. Yee tried to pack a LOT into this book, and some things felt pretty rushed. For example,

Kavik discovering Yangchen's abuse of the the Spirit Oasis drug was never brought up again, and not a lot of time was spent on Nujian's death.

Overall though, this was a rich episode in the Avatar world that I'm glad I spent some time in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol