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A review by megancperry
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gene Luen Yang, Gene Luen Yang
3.0
*3.5 stars
I did enjoy this, but I went into it expecting it to be as good as the series, without appreciating the completely different medium it's told in (I prefer the experience of watching animation to reading graphic novels). There were a couple things that irked me a tad. Firstly, Katara and Aang (can't say I really ship them anyway) with all the "sweety"s bugged me, tho I'm glad Sokka commented on it - I just feel like they're so young and calling each other "sweety" just felt a bit odd.
Secondly, the whole plot around "the promise" Aang made to Zuko really frustrated me; throughout the tv series Aang is very pacifistic and he wouldn't even kill Firelord Ozai, yet he was prepared to do that for Zuko, who was trying to be good? I just didn't buy it.
Anyhow, this was quite enjoyable overall, but I can't see myself reading any more of the graphic novels, simply as they're rather expensive and I'm not all that invested (I'll just have to rewatch atla!)
I did enjoy this, but I went into it expecting it to be as good as the series, without appreciating the completely different medium it's told in (I prefer the experience of watching animation to reading graphic novels). There were a couple things that irked me a tad. Firstly, Katara and Aang (can't say I really ship them anyway) with all the "sweety"s bugged me, tho I'm glad Sokka commented on it - I just feel like they're so young and calling each other "sweety" just felt a bit odd.
Secondly, the whole plot around "the promise" Aang made to Zuko really frustrated me; throughout the tv series Aang is very pacifistic and he wouldn't even kill Firelord Ozai, yet he was prepared to do that for Zuko, who was trying to be good? I just didn't buy it.
Anyhow, this was quite enjoyable overall, but I can't see myself reading any more of the graphic novels, simply as they're rather expensive and I'm not all that invested (I'll just have to rewatch atla!)