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The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

10 reviews

ashlikes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

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

rallsley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Push everything you thought about Kyoshi from the beloved TV series aside and be immersed in the beginning stages of her life and training. Every page solidified her case for justice, doing right by her promises and ambitions. Fall in love with the unlikely cast of characters she inherited from her parents much like her iconic fans and headdress.

While she never knew her parents as well as her bending teachers, she found that she may not have been too different in idealogoy

Breaking the tradition of avatars being groomed and trained from young childhood, The Rise of Kyoshi makes you question what you thought about their role in the universe entirely along with Kyoshi herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

kyoshi was abandoned by her parents and worked as a servant in a household. Her mentor dies in front of her eyes by her employer and she revists the memory more than once. These are the main motivations through the book

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

zoparham's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

maidinnah'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

5.0

An incredible addition and expansion of the ATLA/LoK universe that I highly recommend any fan to read. The ATLA/LoK series is so beloved because they seamlessly weave together light-hearted humor, mature themes, epic, martial-art sequences, and impactful character moments, all of which were captured perfectly in TRoK. 

Moreover, TRoK takes advantage of the freedom the written form offers, by going farther than the series ever did. TRoK does not shy away from explicit descriptions of physical violence and deepening political intrigue, while exploring themes of justice, corruption, and duty. Its story is also supported by a colorful cast of characters, the standout being the titular Avatar herself. Kyoshi's development from a shy, downtrodden, orphaned servant to a force of nature doling out justice is captivating. Kyoshi's bisexuality is also explored in ways the series never could, with TRoK offering a fulfilling, developed romance without the censorship of children's TV programming. I couldn't put the book down, nor did I want the adventure to end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

sophieissapphhic's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

3.5 stars 

- This book expanded on the Avatar Universe so well!! This was worth the read for the worldbuilding alone.
- I liked the character relationships! They were developed well.
- Be gay, do crime.
- I disliked the inconsistent pacing. In the beginning, it dragged, and the other two thirds of the book felt all over the place pace-wise. 

Content Warnings: violence, death, child death, parental abandonment, body horror (teeth horror; brief), fire & fire-related injuries, blood, grief, alcohol consumption

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Body horror and Alcohol

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.

revisable4510's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.0

favorite quotes:

She'd taken her own gear off and was only wearing a thin cotton shift that exposed her arms and legs. Her streamlined figure belied the solidness of her muscles. Kyoshi caught herself gawking, having never seen her friend out of uniform before. It was hard for her to comprehend that the spiky bits weren't a natural part of Rangi's body.

Rangi shifted, pressing closer to Kyoshi's body, rubbing the soft bouquet of her hair against Kyoshi's lips. The startling contact felt like a transgression, the mistake of a girl exhausted and drowsy. The more noble Fire Nation families, like the one Rangi descended from, would never let just anyone touch their hair like this.
The faint, flowery scent that filled Kyoshi's lungs made her head swim and her pulse quicken. Kyoshi kept still like it was her life's calling, unwilling to make any motion that might disturb her friend's fitful slumber.
Eventually Rangi fell into a deep sleep, radiating warmth like a little glowing coal in the hearth. Kyoshi realized that comforting her throughout the night was both an honor and a torture she wouldn't have traded for anything in the world.
Kyoshi closed her eyes. She did her best to ignore the pain of her arm losing circulation and her heart falling into a pile of ribbons.

Despite how tired they were, Rangi only dozed fitfully, shivering though it was no longer cold. Watching her from a distance, Kyoshi had an answer regarding the little snips of breath she'd listened to for so long in their shared tent on the iceberg. It was how Rangi cried in her sleep. Every so often, she would burrow her face into her shoulders to wipe her tears.
With their eyes on each other, it was easy to be brave. Maybe that's the only way we get through this, Kyoshi thought. Just never look away.

"Kyoshi, I'm so sorry. I don't know how to break this to you, but... but..."
Relief came like a monsoon. She did not have to meet them. She didn't have to discover what kind of person she was when the past unearthed itself and took solid form.

Lek forgot his portion as he watched them, amazed. "I didn't think an army princess and a servant girl from a fancy mansion would take to elephant rat."
"Survival training at the academy," Rangi said, breaking a bone with her fingers to get at the marrow. "We learned to accept whatever food we could find in the wild."
"I used to eat garbage," Kyoshi said.

They're all the same, Kyoshi thought. Every single one. Whether they clothe themselves in business or brotherhood or a higher calling only they can see, it doesn't matter. They're one and the same. ...
They look at themselves like forces of nature, as inevitable ends, but they're not. Their depth is as false as the shoals at low tide. They twist the meaning of justice to absolve themselves of conscience. ...
They're humans like us, made of skin and guts and pain. They need to be reminded of that fact.

this could get a little boring and too gritty for me but it was definitely the first post-a:tla canon work that i've really enjoyed. i think it did the setting justice

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, and Grief

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, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Abandonment

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