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BadWithNames

They/Them. I love my cats, books and video games. Currently Reading through Nancy Drew for the first time. (:

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Universe Quest: Lord of the Rings & Tolkien's Legendarium
My Taste
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Hunger Games
The Rise of Kyoshi
Gravity Falls: Journal 3
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Meet Samantha: An American Girl
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Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: The Official Guide to All the Books
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The Art of Gravity Falls
31%
Avatar: The Last Airbender Chibis Volume 2--Sokka's Boomerang Class
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  • Oct 19, 2026
    The Dawn of Yangchen
    The Dawn of YangchenF.C. Yee
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    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.0Audiobook: 4.0
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    I wish I had enjoyed this one better. I didn't dislike it, but there were sometimes I had to make myself keep reading. I think I just found it at times uninteresting. Which was disappointing because I loved the Kyoshi books, I hope I will like the second one better.

    I also feel the sentiment that others have mentioned about Yangchen feeling more like a side character. I think she's really interesting, especially with her connection to her past lives and her story abouther sister, (Which I really wanted more of becausewe don't see much of them togetherat all and only small flashbacks. I wanted to know their bond and connection more, because this is something that affects Yangchen even years later, so I wanted more because I struggled to feel emotional of it because of the lack of connection of their story to the reader.) but I want more about her, I wish the story had more of a focus on Yangchen as a character instead of so much of the world politics. I do still think the politics should be there, but I just want to be more focused on her as a person and also to learn more about Air Nomad culture, as they are my favorite nation of the Avatar world.

    I really like Kavik, but I almost wish he hadn't been another prospective so much because I feel like took away from Yangchen. It honestly felt more like Kavik was more of a main character than Yangchen.

    And the general plot honestly didn't grab me greatly.

    I liked the audiobook narrator pretty good. They didn't act too much, they mostly just read the story with a slight voice change between character genders of ages. But I would much rather a narrator who doesn't act out the story much than one who acts it out and does a bad job as that has ruined books for me. So, I think they were good, but don't go in expecting a movie like reading experience with different voices for each character and high emotion.

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