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The Reckoning of Roku by Randy Ribay

addielgall's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.0

wmax17's review against another edition

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2.0

It’s tough to have any story with Sozin as a villain when we know he eventually kills all the air nomads and Roku. It also makes Roku look like a passive idiot that he doesn’t recognize the signs of his friend becoming a genocidal maniac.

murryloub's review against another edition

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

3.0

Roku was always my least favorite Avatar, and in this book he makes for very dumb, punchable protagonist. At some points his characterization makes for good suspense as Roku heads into obvious danger, but at other points makes the plot drag. Young Gyatso was fun to read about, but otherwise I didn’t connect with the main characters (rolled my eyes every time a Malaya chapter came up). 

The writing is a little shallow at some points where evil characters are always evil and good characters are always good. Some plot points of this book lowkey make me hate Roku’s choices even more in the main series - Roku can’t see that his *obviously evil friend* is evil despite a lifetime of seeing Sozin do terrible things. 

Solidly average book, but worth the read for Avatar stans, especially those who enjoy the world building aspect of Avatar. 

kaekae124's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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

itchicken's review against another edition

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4.0

i dunno about this sozin guy

enter_the_phantom's review

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adventurous mysterious 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

punkgremlin's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

smaver's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted 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 enjoyed the nods to the main series. I think for giving the new author the most fleshed out avatar to navigate was challenging and I think they did a good job considering

orianarc9's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny tense 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? Yes

3.5

silvestro's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Good but not as good as Kyoshi or Yangchen. 
A lot of foreshadowing to the original series
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