Book Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise part 3

Book: Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise part 3 by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko

Rating: 5 stars

Review:

It can not be easy for the Avatar to try to bring about peace and that's exactly what he was trying to do in this last part of The Promise. Things were getting out of hand between the Fire Nation and the Earth Kingdom in regards to the Harmony Restoration Movement. It was starting to look like there was going to be another war between the two nations, if the Avatar couldn't figure out a solution.

But what should he do? Is it right for the Fire Nation to continue to have their citizens within the Earth Kingdom following the end of the Fire Nations reign? Or is the solution to have the Fire Nation citizens immediately evacuated or face imprisonment if they chose to stay? Or is there a solution that could benefit everyone?

Despite the delicate situation, Team Avatar showed up ready to put an end to the fighting including Aang ready to hold up to his promise he made to Zuko if needed.

I thought the first two parts made Zuko seem out of character but I think this one makes up for it. Zuko finally started to see that he didn't need to be anything like his father but he needed to trust himself and also check in with family from time to time. He doesn't have to be alone.

Aang and Katara's relationship is still adorable but you can see it's starting to grow out of that cutesy phase into something stronger.

Sokka continues to be the ideas guy and came up with a good one to slow down the invading Fire Nation army. He got some help with Toph and Suki to carry out his plan. And some of Toph's students also helped by showing off some of their new lessons.

This was a very well written final part to the story which also sets up the next story arc with Zuko trying to find his mother. However, to do that he's willing to take a chance with getting help from his sister Azula.