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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Pretty good for a young adult series. Fun to read, some great magic and some wonderful characters. Dialog was a little young, but it is for a younger audience, so it made sense.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fun overall, I enjoyed the world and storybuilding. The characters are also very lively and vivid, I could imagine them well. A lot goes on and sometimes it's hard to keep track. The ending was wild, don't quite know what to make of it yet.
Una escuela del bien y del mal, donde entrenan y enseñan a los futuros protagonistas de los próximos cuentos, como Cenicienta, Rapunzel, Peter Pan, etc. Sophie es una chica que siempre ha anhelado pertenecer a la escuela del bien mientras que su mejor amiga Agatha, se siente destinada a la escuela del mal y que piensa que solo es amiga de Sophie por conveniencia. El giro de la trama está cuando ambas chicas son enviadas a las escuelas, pero a distintas de las que se suponían que irían. Sophie a la escuela del mal y Agatha a la escuela del bien. Y así inicia la historia de La Escuela Del Bien y El Mal.
Al momento de iniciar esta larga saga, decidí aventurarme y dejarme sorprender. Y me lleve tanto sorpresas buenas como malas. La historia es muy entretenida además de que es muy adictivo ver como van jugando con todo este universo de los cuentos, de como se suponen quienes son los villanos y quienes son los buenos, quienes son los Siempre y quienes son los Nunca. Y me sorprendio gratamente todo esta creación del universo, como primer libro siento que abruma mucho toda la construcción de éste, tengo admitir que en ciertos puntos de la historias a veces me aburría de todo este construcción de universo, por que es PESADO, y a veces tenía que parar para luego seguir.
La trama se desarrolla de manera muy genial. Hasta cierto punto llegué a pensar que los villanos son los buenos y los buenos son los villanos, y me encantaron los personajes de Sophie y Agatha, vemos los pensamientos malignos salir a flote de Sophie de como se demuestra lo que realmente es, pero lo que más me impresiona es lograr ver como la trama te hace ver QUIEN es realmente el villano, y eso es *CHEF KISS. Es que el libro trata de transmitirte los villanos son los malos, pero también te hace ver más allá y me fascinó. Eso si, también tengo que comentar que la historia tiene como muchas tramas que siento que si se fuesen separado en otros libros también fuese funcionado.
De resto, la historia es super adictiva y el final, te deja con muchas ganas de iniciar la segunda entrega al tiro, por que no sabes realmente lo que se vendrá.
3,5 estrellas de 5.
Al momento de iniciar esta larga saga, decidí aventurarme y dejarme sorprender. Y me lleve tanto sorpresas buenas como malas. La historia es muy entretenida además de que es muy adictivo ver como van jugando con todo este universo de los cuentos, de como se suponen quienes son los villanos y quienes son los buenos, quienes son los Siempre y quienes son los Nunca. Y me sorprendio gratamente todo esta creación del universo, como primer libro siento que abruma mucho toda la construcción de éste, tengo admitir que en ciertos puntos de la historias a veces me aburría de todo este construcción de universo, por que es PESADO, y a veces tenía que parar para luego seguir.
La trama se desarrolla de manera muy genial. Hasta cierto punto llegué a pensar que los villanos son los buenos y los buenos son los villanos, y me encantaron los personajes de Sophie y Agatha, vemos los pensamientos malignos salir a flote de Sophie de como se demuestra lo que realmente es, pero lo que más me impresiona es lograr ver como la trama te hace ver QUIEN es realmente el villano, y eso es *CHEF KISS. Es que el libro trata de transmitirte los villanos son los malos, pero también te hace ver más allá y me fascinó. Eso si, también tengo que comentar que la historia tiene como muchas tramas que siento que si se fuesen separado en otros libros también fuese funcionado.
De resto, la historia es super adictiva y el final, te deja con muchas ganas de iniciar la segunda entrega al tiro, por que no sabes realmente lo que se vendrá.
3,5 estrellas de 5.
Honestly I liked the movie more but I watched it before I read the book so that might have something to do with it. i love the characters! Definitely didnt love Sophie at the beginning she’s very shallow and bitchy and only does good things so she can get into the school of good and her friendship with Agatha is pretty much just a charity project but I loved seeing her growth! It was realistic and overall very well done. Agatha was very likable from the start! I love the character development, plot and overall vibes of this book!
this was a re read and I enjoyed it much more the second time around
fun. nice YA book with a twist, fast paced, familiar themes, shades of grey not all black and white. will read the next one.
3.5 stars
Well I have to be honest and say I read this book after seeing the Netflix adaptation, so I went in with the wrong mindset. I loved the movie and I was silently hoping it would be exactly like the book. But it’s not.
I like this book though. The story is great, unexpected and a bit predictable at the same time, refreshing and so much more. The whole concept of a school designed to train the heroes and villains of our favorite fairy tales is so amazing to me, I wish it was my own idea. So story wise, 4/5 for me.
Character wise I’m gonna give this a 3/5. I found the characters to be okay, not great, not bad. Agatha was great, Sophie annoyed me for the bigger part of the book and Tedros wasn’t as great as I hoped him to be but it did fit the story. They had a lot of depth and that even some of the side characters seemed to have so much more to them than the usual side characters have. I’m really curious to read more.
Ending, 3.5/5 stars. Felt a bit rushed at times, but also went on for just about long enough. Sounds illogical, but it makes sense to me okay. The only part that I disliked about it that it was so abrupt, but besides that, good ending.
Will The School for Good and Evil become part of my favorite series? Difficult to say. The other books are really going to decide, but we are definitely off to a good start.
Well I have to be honest and say I read this book after seeing the Netflix adaptation, so I went in with the wrong mindset. I loved the movie and I was silently hoping it would be exactly like the book. But it’s not.
I like this book though. The story is great, unexpected and a bit predictable at the same time, refreshing and so much more. The whole concept of a school designed to train the heroes and villains of our favorite fairy tales is so amazing to me, I wish it was my own idea. So story wise, 4/5 for me.
Character wise I’m gonna give this a 3/5. I found the characters to be okay, not great, not bad. Agatha was great, Sophie annoyed me for the bigger part of the book and Tedros wasn’t as great as I hoped him to be but it did fit the story. They had a lot of depth and that even some of the side characters seemed to have so much more to them than the usual side characters have. I’m really curious to read more.
Ending, 3.5/5 stars. Felt a bit rushed at times, but also went on for just about long enough. Sounds illogical, but it makes sense to me okay. The only part that I disliked about it that it was so abrupt, but besides that, good ending.
Will The School for Good and Evil become part of my favorite series? Difficult to say. The other books are really going to decide, but we are definitely off to a good start.
Got this when I ordered a book subscription box and boy, was it bad! had initially decided to give it to my younger cousin who is a voracious reader. But since I knew nothing of this author, I decided to read the book first. Thank the stars that I did!
All the things you have ever found irritating about a young adult...actually this was more middle-grade than anything else. Anywho, all those things were present in the book in abundance. Good meant beautiful, evil meant you couldn't have true love or friends, the ultimate purpose of growing up for girls is to attract a boy, and so on. Even while the author made fun of these tropes, he wielded them inexpertly.
Moreover, the beginning has nothing to do with the ending -- which by the way was a cliffhanger. As if I am going to pay for the next installment in this series. When you finish this book, you are left confused. What did the author want to say anyway? What message did they leave you with? Girls don't need boys. Girls need boys. Girls don't need boys. Girls need boys...maybe?
But these weren't the things that made me feel like I should go and take a shower. That came when the author began sexualizing middle grade students. I felt dirty and the only thing that stopped me from throwing this book into the bin was the fact that it was a book. My advice? Keep any easily influenced, younger readers away from this book!
All the things you have ever found irritating about a young adult...actually this was more middle-grade than anything else. Anywho, all those things were present in the book in abundance. Good meant beautiful, evil meant you couldn't have true love or friends, the ultimate purpose of growing up for girls is to attract a boy, and so on. Even while the author made fun of these tropes, he wielded them inexpertly.
Moreover, the beginning has nothing to do with the ending -- which by the way was a cliffhanger. As if I am going to pay for the next installment in this series. When you finish this book, you are left confused. What did the author want to say anyway? What message did they leave you with? Girls don't need boys. Girls need boys. Girls don't need boys. Girls need boys...maybe?
But these weren't the things that made me feel like I should go and take a shower. That came when the author began sexualizing middle grade students. I felt dirty and the only thing that stopped me from throwing this book into the bin was the fact that it was a book. My advice? Keep any easily influenced, younger readers away from this book!