Reviews

The Promise, Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang

theseventhl's review against another edition

3.0

You have just finished the final episode of book three of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, and are excited for more stories featuring the Aang Gang. You think Legend of Korra looks cool, but you wish there was a story that would link together these separate stories and justify the canon time skip between the end of ATLA and the opening of Korra. Something with your favorite characters, going on adventures and staying best friends in a post-war world.

So you end up months later with the first volume of The Promise in your hands, book one in a three book series, and you wonder if this is what you asked for. The answer to that question, like a lot of things, is mixed. This is not to say that The Promise's premiere volume is a total wash, but for me it was not the successful comic I was looking for as a long-term ATLA fan to satisfy my Aang and friends cravings. Although if you come into it just for Toph, you will not be disappointed.

You can read my complete review of The Promise Part One over at my anime/manga blog.

sootytugboat0's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

rubeoulareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I MISSED THE GAANG SO MUCH

Zuko is my paranoid, emo king I love him. 

Only qualm is the severe lack of Iroh content 

mquill93's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

kaylo_ash's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-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

5.0

4saradouglas's review against another edition

4.0

Reading with my son since he's *dying* to know what happened to Zuko's mom. He's having a hard time with the read-aloud, but I think it's just because I'm awful with voices. The art is beautiful and I like the story so far.

jocelynmorales's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

teriodvarkova88's review

adventurous funny informative relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

toucanjam's review against another edition

3.0

I was actually convinced that I’d read this book before but it probably was the one after it; I just remember a lot of uncovering of what exactly happened to Zuko’s mom. But you know, i did like this for what it was. It did seem to resemble the show a lot, maybe a little too much in the way they reused certain stale archetypes(i.e. why did we need the dark one when we have Mai?) I did find it hard to believe that Zuko wouldn’t immediately defer to Aang’s judgement without question in political matters considering the journey that he went on in the series, but I kind of understand that it was the necessary set up for Republic City and what would become of the four nations. I missed the gaang. It’s nice to see them go on new adventures

aleksssync's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective 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