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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
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:
No
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
stunning sequel to the rise of kyoshi. stepped in ATLA lore the characters all boast emotional depth and complex motivation. Yee attaches us to the heart of kyoshi and we feel with her in darkest and brightest moments. the middle was a bit slow but i still have to give 5 stars. for anyone lamenting over the lack of new ATLA content these books have been under your nose the whole time. fucking read them already—they’re amazing.
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
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
adventurous
hopeful
fast-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
another win for the gays <3 Kyoshi & Rangi are such a queer power couple
i enjoyed how this story continued to tie up loose ends from the previous novel while connecting Kyoshi more to Kuruk & her Avatarhood. there were definitely parts of the story that could have been better since i found myself getting distracted here & there. but i still enjoyed this overall!
"she didn't have the right to lose herself in her rage & let it take her to oblivion, no matter what she'd been through. she wouldn't allow herself to be a human scar, a compendium of personal loss. she had the obligation to be more than the sum of her grievances with the world"
i enjoyed how this story continued to tie up loose ends from the previous novel while connecting Kyoshi more to Kuruk & her Avatarhood. there were definitely parts of the story that could have been better since i found myself getting distracted here & there. but i still enjoyed this overall!
"she didn't have the right to lose herself in her rage & let it take her to oblivion, no matter what she'd been through. she wouldn't allow herself to be a human scar, a compendium of personal loss. she had the obligation to be more than the sum of her grievances with the world"
adventurous
dark
reflective
fast-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
adventurous
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
Even after the way the first book ended I can’t believe I put this off for so many years. Lucky that The Rise of Kyoshi had a summary and spoilers online for me to read through before I started this book. It’s been years but I prefer the first book over this one.
Plotwise I think this book was okay-ish. The problem was that I was reading this series of events and just didn’t care. At one point I started skim-reading. I think it’s because I kept viewing this as a prequel series and so already “knew” what the aftermath would be. There were moments where I considered dnfing this. Not because it was bad but at the time I was also listening to The Burning God and it was one of the longest audiobooks I’ve listened to this year and needed to finish it.
Compared to the first book, characters fell flat here. First you have really wait for the romance. Even then Kyoshi and Rangi didn’t feel healthy for me. Also I didn’t buy Kyoshi’s character development (… semi-development? This book was more focused on the world than characters imo). I remember in Avatar: The Last Airbender the Kyoshi Warriors were non-bending women warriors. The Kyoshi Warriors weren’t really seen as resorting to violence to every single thing. Even in the episode of the show where Kyoshi comes (through Aang) we find out Chin the Conqueror was killed when Kyoshi created the island. She didn’t deliberately kill him. In fact fans criticize her for not killing him much sooner. I know there’s a difference between late teens and adult Kyoshi but the gap was bothering me too much. There was this one character from the first book who came back as a major surprise and their concluding arc didn’t feel satisfying.
I’m not getting into what happened with Yangchen and Kuruk. It almost felt like a retcon of the series cannon?Kuruk HIMSELF literally said he was a laidback and go with the flow kind of Avatar and didn’t have the best advice to give Aang, the next avatar born after a whole genocide so what was happening here????? Still, the fact that I was more invested in (maybe retconned?) previous avatars confirmed that there was something lacking in Kyoshi. I will not be picking up any other books in this verse. Not sure who to recommend this for because as an Avatar fan I found this disappointing.
Plotwise I think this book was okay-ish. The problem was that I was reading this series of events and just didn’t care. At one point I started skim-reading. I think it’s because I kept viewing this as a prequel series and so already “knew” what the aftermath would be. There were moments where I considered dnfing this. Not because it was bad but at the time I was also listening to The Burning God and it was one of the longest audiobooks I’ve listened to this year and needed to finish it.
Compared to the first book, characters fell flat here. First you have really wait for the romance. Even then Kyoshi and Rangi didn’t feel healthy for me. Also I didn’t buy Kyoshi’s character development (… semi-development? This book was more focused on the world than characters imo). I remember in Avatar: The Last Airbender the Kyoshi Warriors were non-bending women warriors. The Kyoshi Warriors weren’t really seen as resorting to violence to every single thing. Even in the episode of the show where Kyoshi comes (through Aang) we find out Chin the Conqueror was killed when Kyoshi created the island. She didn’t deliberately kill him. In fact fans criticize her for not killing him much sooner. I know there’s a difference between late teens and adult Kyoshi but the gap was bothering me too much. There was this one character from the first book who came back as a major surprise and their concluding arc didn’t feel satisfying.
I’m not getting into what happened with Yangchen and Kuruk. It almost felt like a retcon of the series cannon?