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lanid's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, Child death, and Body horror
suncourts's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Body horror, and Blood
toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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
What a book! Just as good as the first but omg the ending. Unbelieveable, glad I don't have to wait for the next one!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Grief, Confinement, and Blood
Minor: Sexual violence, Murder, Vomit, Sexual content, and Pregnancy
Confinement in the sense that the students are trapped in the school and unable to leaverubyroses's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
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? It's complicated
4.75
Initially when I read the first book I thought it moved fast… that was until I picked up The Last Graduate. I flew through this book in almost record time.
The first novel ends on a cliffhanger and this one picked up right where we left off on the very next sentence. I feel like this book was particularly enjoyable as it moved away from being character driven and moved towards being plot driven. It happened organically in a way that made sense for the series.
Romance definitely becomes a key aspect of this novel especially towards the end. So if you didn’t enjoy the snippets of romance in the first book… stay away from this one or else you might suffer.
The Last Graduate leaves us on an even bigger cliffhanger than the first one so be prepared !! & definitely have tissues close by (you’ll thank me later).
The first novel ends on a cliffhanger and this one picked up right where we left off on the very next sentence. I feel like this book was particularly enjoyable as it moved away from being character driven and moved towards being plot driven. It happened organically in a way that made sense for the series.
Romance definitely becomes a key aspect of this novel especially towards the end. So if you didn’t enjoy the snippets of romance in the first book… stay away from this one or else you might suffer.
The Last Graduate leaves us on an even bigger cliffhanger than the first one so be prepared !! & definitely have tissues close by (you’ll thank me later).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Child death and Death of parent
lapras's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
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? It's complicated
5.0
I knew it. This one was faster paced, more character interactions and action. There is still a lot of internal monologues and explanation of magic, the lore runs deep I guess.
But the additions hit the spot and I was absolutely ramping up with excitement towards the end until the end wrecked me
But the additions hit the spot and I was absolutely ramping up with excitement towards the end until
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Child death, and Death
pages_with_panda's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
- 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
The pacing felt a LOT better in this book. And even though we got El’s monologuing and side stories, I felt like the world building was pretty solidly done by this book and it left us more time to get to know the characters better.
El’s development was great - she still has the same attitude and rudeness (which I love for her), but her resolve to help people (even people she hated) was amazing. I loved her overall.
Orion is so bland but we did get to know him a little better; and I’m glad that him and El had an actual conversation, considering they’re "dating."
Overall a great story - I wanted to cry during El’s realization that everyone deserved to live. It was a great way to describe the classism of our world and link it to the magical society.
Great story that wrapped up nicely while still leaving us with an AWFUL cliffhanger and enough material for the next book. Couldn't wait to pick it up.
El’s development was great - she still has the same attitude and rudeness (which I love for her), but her resolve to help people (even people she hated) was amazing. I loved her overall.
Orion is so bland but we did get to know him a little better; and I’m glad that him and El had an actual conversation, considering they’re "dating."
Overall a great story - I wanted to cry during El’s realization that everyone deserved to live. It was a great way to describe the classism of our world and link it to the magical society.
Great story that wrapped up nicely while still leaving us with an AWFUL cliffhanger and enough material for the next book. Couldn't wait to pick it up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Gore, Body horror, Sexual content, and Child death
Minor: Death of parent
abookwormspov's review
adventurous
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Violence, Blood, and Child death
icarusandthesun's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
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
4.0
a great sequel with the most brutal cliffhanger one could imagine. thrilling.
quite a curious read, especially regarding the characters and their development. the whole book centers around graduation, and a very important and substantial twist in el's thinking. the ideas behind the book were brilliant, if perhaps a little "out of character" with a lot of new concepts that make the reader basically scrap everything they know about the dark school of magic (and partly the characters as well) from the first book. it wasn't at all unpleasant or anything, quite the opposite - it filled the sequel with fresh and interest-evoking ideas, but just know that this one is swerving in the 'everything is going to be alright' and positive-thinking direction. i seriously missed the 'fuck we're all gonna die' mood from the first book and also just some death in general, but alright.
the romance sort of peaks in this one as well, and i'm really in love with the dynamic. the cliffhanger made me want to haul the book against the wall because it was just so so ... screaming crying throwing up yk, in a good way.
the one awkward sex scene made me a little uncomfortable because it was simply so uncalled for and just an unnecessary like, three-page-filler, so nope, didn't like that at all.
quite a curious read, especially regarding the characters and their development. the whole book centers around graduation, and a very important and substantial twist in el's thinking. the ideas behind the book were brilliant, if perhaps a little "out of character" with a lot of new concepts that make the reader basically scrap everything they know about the dark school of magic (and partly the characters as well) from the first book. it wasn't at all unpleasant or anything, quite the opposite - it filled the sequel with fresh and interest-evoking ideas, but just know that this one is swerving in the 'everything is going to be alright' and positive-thinking direction. i seriously missed the 'fuck we're all gonna die' mood from the first book and also just some death in general, but alright.
the romance sort of peaks in this one as well, and i'm really in love with the dynamic. the cliffhanger made me want to haul the book against the wall because it was just so so ... screaming crying throwing up yk, in a good way.
the one awkward sex scene made me a little uncomfortable because it was simply so uncalled for and just an unnecessary like, three-page-filler, so nope, didn't like that at all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content
Minor: Blood, Medical content, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Child death, and Vomit
leahfoko's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
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
YO ORION WTF. I liked this book, a little less than the first just cause I was a little less invested in the plot of this one but it was good. I don’t know how I will feel about the next one now that it’s not going to be set in the scholomance but I will be curious to see where the plot goes!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Sexual content
allyareads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Death, Gore, Child death, Violence, Blood, and Body horror