Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

29 reviews

rkmccurry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

When it started out I wasn’t sure I was going to like it as much as the first one. But boy was I wrong! It was so much better than the first! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: War, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Violence

azalya01's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective 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

4.75

This was such an excellent sequel to The Rise of Kyoshi. The story was a bit less broad in this book, but I really enjoyed how Kyoshi's development as an Avatar and an individual was challenged. I felt that the story left me a bit wanting at the end, perhaps only because there is no such thing as enough Kyoshi content. We learn a lot about Kyoshi's past lives, and we begin to see how the story we already know will start to unfold in the next few centuries. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, The Dawn of Yangchen.

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Content Warnings

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

veggiestrawenjoyer13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense slow-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

This book was a really good and solid sequel to the first one. I think it added a lot to Kyoshi but also her companions. I do miss the Flying Opera Company, but they’re appearance at the end was so satisfying! The revelations and plot twists kept me hooked, despite this being my second time reading it. Overall, this duology was a great way to expand the avatar universe and show other avatars’ experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Grief and Blood

Minor: Death

luchardin's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense fast-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

4.0

It’s a good follow up to the first book. It was a fun read, has some good stuff to say about self-image, deciding your future, and acknowledging imperfections in yourself and others as a necessary step forward, presented through a new framework of political corruption to develop the world of the first book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Violence

jartone93's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Blood, Classism, Genocide, Kidnapping, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

haleybre'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Blood, Chronic illness, Genocide, and Alcohol

716a_m's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

I was less into this sequel than the original, maybe because of the politics.

The ending was also too perfect in many ways. I still have issues with the writer being a man, but I would’ve loved to see Kiyoshi’s queerness more explicitly explored.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Bullying, Medical content, and War

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Stalking, Classism, and Torture