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The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

18 reviews

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Reads like fanfiction to me. An amazing, great world, but with obnoxious tropes and characters. This was definitely written by a beginner writer.

APPARENTLY, THE AUTHOR COMPLETELY RUINS IT IN THE 2ND BOOK, SO I WILL NOT BE READING THE REST OF THE SERIES.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Torture, Sexism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Gore, Grief, Body shaming, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Classism, War, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia

hayleyvem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Violence, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, Death, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Torture, Child death, and Confinement

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Homophobia, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Lesbophobia

flyintothestorm's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

I'm going to read the second one too, because I don't know if the book was really plain and predictable and trying to do some things that it didn't achieve or if it gave me that impression because I knew more or less the plot of the movie and it was setting things up for the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Violence and Death

Minor: Death of parent

ceceliane's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Child death

meagangrace's review against another edition

2.5

Overall I think I liked this book except this little detail. They were all so young and were forced into conflict and romantic relationships. There were several times when the decisions either felt illogical or not age appropriate. I'm no expert on it so I may be completely wrong, that's just the way it felt to me. Something that was done right though is it kept me hooked most of the way, it even has me wanting to read the next book even though I was so unhappy with some things. I did appreciate how Agatha's goal was realistic and consistent for most of the story until it got to the end. I didn't feel the same about Sophie. (spoiler ahead) <I was unhappy that it ended in a way where they were supposed to accept their fates instead of continuing to try to get home. Accept that they were enemies? Then at the last second it flips to the villain being someone else, but it still felt bad.> (spoiler over) Note:Too many content warnings for me to remember, most were minor to moderate, but they definitely added up to me not enjoying the book as much because of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

kellyhady's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Bullying

Moderate: Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

wondereads13's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of my favorite series ever, The School for Good and Evil, while written for younger readers, is good for any age. It's got a super interesting concept, a fun setting, and compelling characters. Sophie and Agatha are amazing main characters, and you'll be so invested in their relationship. Honestly, the only thing keeping this from the YA category is the absence of cursing and makeout scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Fatphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent

confusedmuse's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Body horror, and Bullying

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse