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pj99's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Violence
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content
micallab's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Vomit, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Sexual content
avie_j's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Gore
Minor: Murder and Sexual content
ladypalutena's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
When I read A Deadly Education, I had nothing to compare El to. Now that I'm several years older, and many anime series deeper, I can confidently say that she reminds me of Saitama, the hero from One Punch Man. His entire schtick is that he trained himself so hard that he can defeat any enemy in one punch, and as such, life is boring for him now. He even joins a super hero squad, and ends up in like, D-Class, because he doesn't see the point in showing them how he's actually above and beyond S-Class or S-Tier or whatever.
That's El.
No matter what the Scholomance throws at her, she's able to throw it right back. And the vast majority of the book deals with her running the obstacle course that the school sets up for seniors during their second semester of senior year. A whole lot of the book, actually, which is where it really starts to drag for me.
Obviously, I haven't read the third book yet, so I don't know if my prediction of "this was originally supposed to be a duology but expanded into a trilogy, so there's got to be a lot of bloat in there" will ring true, but I can confidently say, at least in my opinion, that there were many pages that could have been cut from this book. Mainly, the unending chapters of the obstacle course. This is a 386 page book. Over one hundred of those pages are dedicated to lengthy descriptions of the obstacle courses,
There is one big difference between Saitama and El, however: Saitama is likeable. While El got better at the end of the first book, she's still angry and hurting in this book, which causes her to be rude to everyone.
The first book ended on a cliffhanger, and this second book ends on an even more massive cliffhanger, and even then, I'm not certain what else you can drag out of the third book to warrant spending several hundred more pages on this story.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Child death
aleclikesbooks's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Confinement, and Murder
thefireandblood's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Death, and Gore
Minor: Sexual content
erikagibson126's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Confinement, Medical content, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
beccaand's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, and Child death
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Sexual content and Vomit
lisa_m's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Blood and Abandonment
Moderate: Violence, Classism, Death, Confinement, Child death, and Gore
Minor: Death of parent
blacksphinx's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
It's lovely watching our protagonist grow as a person, opening up, learning to ask for help, and forming close friendships with other girls. (The unexpected LGBT+ representation was a nice bonus!) There was at least one plot point in here that didn't really make any sense to me, but the emotional through line and building themes stop me from giving it less than five stars.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, War, and Pregnancy