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kjjohnson 's review for:
The Shadow of Kyoshi
by F.C. Yee
I really enjoyed this book, even if it didn’t hook me quite as much as the sequel.
I appreciated that Kyoshi fucked up, quite a lot, and her personality flaws consistently were actually flaws that made things worse. Sometimes almost too much - this book was much, much darker than I expected and sometimes almost painful to read through her depression and messing up.
But I thought Kuruk’s past was really well done (if also depressing), and goes to show that just as there are no perfect avatars, the flawed ones still had honor and tried, too.
I also really enjoyed Kyoshi’s relationship with Rangi and thought it was well done, with ups and downs but mostly they stayed as rocks for the other.
The Fire Nation politicking was also really interesting, even as I got such second hand embarrassment from Kyoshi bumbling her way through it.
I appreciated that Kyoshi fucked up, quite a lot, and her personality flaws consistently were actually flaws that made things worse. Sometimes almost too much - this book was much, much darker than I expected and sometimes almost painful to read through her depression and messing up.
But I thought Kuruk’s past was really well done (if also depressing), and goes to show that just as there are no perfect avatars, the flawed ones still had honor and tried, too.
I also really enjoyed Kyoshi’s relationship with Rangi and thought it was well done, with ups and downs but mostly they stayed as rocks for the other.
The Fire Nation politicking was also really interesting, even as I got such second hand embarrassment from Kyoshi bumbling her way through it.