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norwegianforestreader'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
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, and Murder
laurynreadsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Classism and Sexual content
caramiaculpa'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
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Gore, and Vomit
Moderate: Murder
greatu's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Child death and Death of parent
jtalis228's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Violence and Classism
readwithria'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
A Deadly Education is full of magic, monsters, and mayhem. It’s smart, funny, and full of interesting world building and politicking.
I love this book so much. How Novik fits the magic into the world is so interesting, and how the school works makes it feel like another world entirely.
The characters are so fun, and everyone is so smart and so good at what they do. El is such a snarky MC, I love getting to see through her eyes and understand her worldview. Aadhya and Liu are such great friends (as far as friends go in the Scholomance) and Orion is such a lovably dummy. The whole cast of characters feel fleshed out and have real wants and needs that make the stakes feel even higher.
This book goes by fast, the first 250 pages is about two weeks and the next week goes by in barely 50 pages, but so much happens. I almost wish the timespan had been a bit longer, but I completely understand why it wasn’t. The chapters are also a bit long, this 313 page book only has 13 chapters in it! But I read this book in a day, and I couldn’t put it down. 4.5 stars (up from 4 on my first read, though it’s possible I wasn’t using the partial star system yet).
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Gore
Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Classism, and Blood
Minor: Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury