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Scholomance. Lezioni pericolose by Naomi Novik

75 reviews

emilyplun's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Death of parent, and Classism

mariareviews's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective 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

5.0

Orion and Galadriel officially hold my whole heart. Their names are so well thought I love it. The whole concept of The Scholomance is so well thought and I like the way it connects with the scholomance folk tale. 
I’m a bit disappointed because it took me quite a while to realise that this book’s part of a series (that’s my fault honestly) and I refuse to read the second book until the third one is out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I could kick myself for not picking this one up sooner - there was so much I enjoyed and loved from this, especially the main character and the friendships that developed! I also really appreciated that this world has a magical school for kids but it isn't exactly a dream, and magic is cool, but it also has major consequences to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Grief

phoebemurtagh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Racism and Abandonment

tinybluepixel's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

cdt96's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ka_ke's review against another edition

As interesting as the summary makes A Deadly Education sound, I had a hard time immersing myself into the world of the Scholomance. I found ‘El’ to be one note. As a loner myself, I understand the difficulty of making friends, but El doesn’t even make an attempt. Her attitude was really off putting. I also found that the magic system, while complex and interesting, was poorly explained. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Gaslighting, and Classism

kingcrookback's review against another edition

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

I went into this without knowing more than the back cover blurb. I'll admit, within the first few chapters, I was tempted to put it down. The heavy exposition threw me off, and I'm no longer in a place where I really care about stories about characters in high school--or, you know, Novik's fantasy equivalent of. Even now, I'm more of a mind to class this as YA. But I grew used to the exposition, and I grew to really like El as it became clear that her anger and her abrasiveness actually stems from a deep love of humanity--a love that El feels but never receives from anyone but her mother. I appreciated the theme of doing and being good being an active and ongoing choice, not a default. And I appreciated the fact that Novik constructed El as understanding the motivations behind the selfish choices that other characters make, even though they endanger her and despite the fact that she doesn't agree with them.

I did notice things that others have criticized, namely Novik's dodgy handling of race, which I felt was more ignorant than anything else. I have also heard that she's listened to that criticism and readjusted in the next book, so there's that. Interesting, given that the enclaves and the apportionment of enrollments in the Scholomance work as a very good metaphor for classism and neo-imperialism.

Anyway, yes, I will be checking out The Last Graduate once it's available at my library and once I've taken a long enough break to ensure that I don't burn myself out on the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

cakeylu's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Mental illness and Alcohol