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Rise of the School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

book_consumer's review

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emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

dilayra's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective 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

4.0

r_oldfield's review against another edition

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5.0

had to give this five stars after a goodreads reviewed said it had “woke lgbt propaganda” (it was also a really good book)

dontaskwhykris's review against another edition

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3.0

im giving this 3.5 cuz it was good but not too eventful.

lordleeknow's review against another edition

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4.0

- This was quite a short book, so I didn’t feel as though much happened plot-wise, but I think the character development was great.
- Tbh the whole Rhian and Rafal thing has always been a bit confusing to me since there are two sets of twins, but after realising this was about the original Rhian and Rafal, I could get into it more as I was able to understand their characters better.
- This had DRAMA. There were lots of cleverly inputted twists and turns which caught me by surprise, but weren’t confusing. For example, the twist that Rhian was the Evil twin and Rafal was the Good one was really well done, as I could recall the author’s subtle hints earlier in the book.
- At first, the side characters such as Hook and the Captain slightly blurred together, and in my mind’s eye they both looked basically the same

nono_books's review

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-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

4.0

Rhian.... .... fuck you
Rafal... ... love you
That's it

justacomicgeek's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted reflective relaxing tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

jemimarose's review

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

ashleye1023's review

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adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was okay. Didn’t focus on any one plot point long enough, but didn’t hate it. 

idk_who0's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

 Beautiful set up for the whole series. So many intriguing twists that I only realised were hinted at after they were revealed and immediately read the book again out of curiosity to see what I missed.