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The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

23 reviews

mothie_girlie's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment and Classism

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and War

Moderate: Child death and Racism

Minor: Homophobia

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Grief, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

talonsontypewriters'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Classism, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Medical content, Bullying, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Genocide, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Minor: Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Suffocation. Drugging/poisoning.

jayisreading's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

4.75

For those who want more Avatar content, The Rise of Kyoshi will scratch that itch. With tight writing, rich details, and wonderful worldbuilding that still adheres to the existing rules and structures in ATLA, Yee does an incredible job narrating the origin story of Avatar Kyoshi. He does an incredible job with Kyoshi’s character development; you really get a sense of her growth throughout the book as well as her ideologies. I was also impressed by how well he handled action scenes, too, especially given the fantastical aspects of bending that might be hard to capture in text.

I think a particularly pleasant surprise was the depth of Yee’s exploration of ethics and politics throughout this book, mostly focusing on the Earth Kingdom (but you get hints of what’s happening in the other nations as well). Furthermore, it was interesting. It’s hard to capture that well, but I thought he did a fantastic job diving deep into what easily could have bored the reader. And, frankly, I think it was what really brought the story together and made the writing as tight as it was.

All-in-all, this is such a phenomenal contribution to the Avatar universe. It will undoubtedly make you want more Kyoshi content, and I’m truly looking forward to reading the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia

wirt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and War

_kimb's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia

blue_bird31's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

kissievendor's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

How can I not give this 5 stars? It's avatar!

I didn't expect to like it this much, since I didn't care much for Kyoshi in the show, but this book adds context to why she was such a bitch in ATLA. Also loved seeing things from the show back in de books. Jep.

Maybe some characters could have been developed a bit more. But it is still ya (and avatar), so I'm more forgiving. Also we just got spoiled with the original.

Really curious to see where the rest of the series is headed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death of parent and Homophobia

flonergan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia, Kidnapping, Torture, and Vomit