Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

8 reviews

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Xenophobia, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, and Kidnapping

ashlikes's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Police brutality, and Sexual content

lastcomment314's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The challenges facing the new Avatar haven't let up. Still learning her new responsibilities, and balancing them with her oaths, Shadow of Kyoshi twists and turns from dark tunnels to shining palaces, bringing with it intrigue. I felt that the story was slow at times, but I think that that may have been to the story's benefit, as my sometimes frustration with the pace, where I wanted to see action, mirrored that of Kyoshi, who wanted to escape politics and get to fighting. Where the pace picks up though, it's a whirlwind adventure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Homophobia, and Classism

hayleyvem's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Medical content, Torture, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Xenophobia

sophieissapphhic's review

adventurous

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

3.75 stars.

- The Shadow of Kyoshi was more evenly paced than Book 1.
- Rangi and Kyoshi <3
- This book emphasizes that the Avatars are still human & make mistakes. I can't wait to start The Dawn of Yangchen!

Content Warnings:
Graphic: death, violence, fire/fire injury, grief
Moderate: blood, alcoholism, body horror (including eye horror)
Minor: skipping meals

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and Body horror

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Medical content, Kidnapping, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Grief, War, Chronic illness, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Suffocation.

_katie_reads_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and War

rosequarterdrifting's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

favorite quotes:

Spoiler

Kelsang used to say there was pain and joy in all things, often when trying to comfort Kyoshi about her earliest years in Yokoya. During her visit to the Fire Nation, Kyoshi had been thrilled each time she discovered another little cache of information about Rangi, like unearthing another bit of treasure. But under the shine was life, grubby and dirty and impossible to burnish. 

She would take it anyway. Along with everything else about her girl, no matter how unexpected or painful. It took every ounce of her willpower not to lean over and give the Firebender a forbidden kiss on the top of her head.

Spoiler

She had been so worried about turning into Jianzhu, as if the Earth Sage had been a special breed of monster threatening to be reborn through her and only her. How laughable a notion. The fact of the matter was the world grew Jianzhus by the bushel. They sprouted from the soil and multiplied from the seas. People sought to emulate Jianzhu with every fiber of their being.

this was not quite as good as the first one but still pretty good

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Racism, Sexual content, and Vomit