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The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

13 reviews

armin_web's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death and Genocide

jkfrank's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Gaslighting

kaixv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

urezia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

- Like many people have said, it is almost necessary to watch Avatar: The Last Airbender to have a lot of context regarding the world and politics that take place in this story.

Kyoshi's story always interested me since we learned about her from the show and this has done a good job explaining the beginning of her journey and the struggles that led her to become the amazing avatar we know she is from the animated series.

I think the beginning of the story develops really fast, then most of it develops quite slow, and the last chapters go too fast. The last chapter when faster than many of us would have liked, but I guess that's to make us read the second book? 

The writing was weird at times. I had to re-read many sentences and paragraphs multiple times to understand what it meant, but maybe that was just me. 

I was really invested in some chapters and I wasn't as much in others, but I kept reading because I wanted to finish the book and learn about her story. 

I think emotions and events were expressed very maturely. It's clear that this is not for the same age-group audience that watched  Avatar: The Last Airbender. 

I was hesitant between 3.75 and 4.00 because of the chapters that I found boring and how some parts were written, but overall I loved the story because I love the character! I loved her after the show and now I love her even more after the book. I'll be giving the second book a try. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

azalya01's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

This is such an incredible story. The writer of this book takes such care in crafting such an important character like Kyoshi. I can really appreciate the depth and darkness this book takes in it's additions to the world building of the ATLA universe. Everything in this book if fully fleshed out and you can tell that Yee really respects the source material of the original show. This book definitely has dark moments, so approach this story with that in mind. I loved this book, it's one of the best I've read in a while, and I can't wait to start the sequel: The Shadow of Kyoshi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Classism

Minor: Bullying and Vomit

kymberly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

it took me so long to finally finish this book, but I finally did it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Gaslighting and Classism

sunrisepages's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Genocide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

Suffocation. Drugging/poisoning.

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous 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

Did I absolutely adore this book my husband picked for us to listen to on long drives? Yes! Do you have to be an Avatar fan to enjoy it? No, but it's even better if you are. This book was such a fun telling of Kyoshi's beginning and what the world of Avatar looked like 300ish years before the show. It's a super fun ride. The characters are delighfup, the action is suspenseful, and the punches are not pulled. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Death of parent

Anaphylaxis

hayleyvem's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, and Gaslighting