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A Deadly Education

Naomi Novik

3.94 AVERAGE

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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_elizabeth_'s review

4.0
adventurous dark 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
adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional funny relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny slow-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

The world building of this book is about as subtle as a rapidly derailing train and I love that for her.

she’s all exposition, the vibes of reading a wikipedia page late at night on a niche enough topic that the author has just decided to insert their personal experiences into it unchecked, and i was living for it

damara_soto5499's review

4.25
adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

5/5 stars

Where do I begin? 
How about … Please read this book 

This book focuses on El and her journey at the Scholomance! 
 
If you’re interested in a book about friendship, loneliness, dark academia, and an enemies-to-lovers subplot, then this is a book for you. I found it easy to jump into and understand!
^ And connecting to this, besides the tropes *sigh*, Naomi Novik’s writing is detailed and engaging. It makes you want to keep reading and immerse yourself in the Scholomance. I don’t think I’d survive, to be honest. I loved how she described the creatures in the book and the magic system!! 

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and cannot wait to hop into the next two books in the series. I genuinely have not stopped thinking about this book since finishing it 9 days ago 

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adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix