Reviews - A Deadly Education

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A Deadly Education

Naomi Novik

3.94 AVERAGE

kimmyv's review

5.0

fast-paced

elizasreads's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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: No

i enjoyed this!! honestly more lighthearted and humorous than i anticipated! felt like we were in El’s head so much that sometimes i just got lost in the lengthy paragraphs and then plot points would happen in the middle of those paragraphs and i’d miss it. i enjoyed how diverse the student body was, but sometimes i was a bit confused about the world building, but towards the end i figured it out for myself.

nanounietje's review against another edition

2.0

mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

can't remember anything abt this book :(

taiyashoe's review against another edition

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: No

This ended up being a pretty quick read. There's a lot of exposition and not much dialogue, so that took some time to adjust to. Without much dialogue though, I had a harder time caring about other characters. Maybe this was intentional as El is more of a loner? Overall, I enjoyed.

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loraine's review against another edition

4.0

fast-paced

blossomsugar's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

felowpeoples's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny tense slow-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

A solid fantasy book with amazing original ideas. The plot was a little empty and boring, but the characters were well-built and interesting. This could have been due to the accent, but I found many sentences to be confusing and I had to do a double-take at least 50 times throughout the book.