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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
emotional
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
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was an interesting idea that ended up being very ponderously written and moved soooo slowly that it got to be boring. I started slumming at around the 50% mark, so I don’t know how fair it is to actually give it a rating. It felt awkward and over-described. If it had been more succinct and moved more quickly without so much painful (I.e. incredibly slow and not reply necessary) introspection on Saffy’s poster it would have been more bearable.
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
While this book had a very slow start, I loved it once I got into it. The characters were wonderful, and the book had such a unique and refreshing air to it.
adventurous
funny
inspiring
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
I absolutely loved this. Emily Tesh has now written one of my favorite science fiction books ("Some Desperate Glory") and one of my favorite fantasy books (this one).
I could go on and on about the wonderful characters, how they interact marvelously with one another, how engaging they are, and just how much fun they are to read.
I could go on about the school setting and the subtle jabs to that other book series that takes place in a magical school (I especially appreciated the line at the beginning about how it used to be graduates of magic schools knew magic and how to write their own name and that was it).
I could wax lyrically about the phenomenal Tesh described teaching, the mundane reality and challenges of teaching, the way students can make you want to strangle them one minute and make you cry tears of pride the next, and why, despite the horrible pay and lack of resources, people do it.
There's just so much about this book that I loved. As someone who works in academia, I've never read a book that got it as much as this one did. Seriously, I can't get over how good this was.
Your students forgot you. It was natural for them to forget you. You were a brief cameo in their lives, a walk-on character from the prologue. For every sentimental "my teacher changed my life" story you heard, there were dozens of "my teacher made me moderately bored a few times a week and then I got through the year and moved on with my life and never thought about them again." They forgot you. But you did not forget them.
I could go on and on about the wonderful characters, how they interact marvelously with one another, how engaging they are, and just how much fun they are to read.
I could go on about the school setting and the subtle jabs to that other book series that takes place in a magical school (I especially appreciated the line at the beginning about how it used to be graduates of magic schools knew magic and how to write their own name and that was it).
I could wax lyrically about the phenomenal Tesh described teaching, the mundane reality and challenges of teaching, the way students can make you want to strangle them one minute and make you cry tears of pride the next, and why, despite the horrible pay and lack of resources, people do it.
There's just so much about this book that I loved. As someone who works in academia, I've never read a book that got it as much as this one did. Seriously, I can't get over how good this was.
Your students forgot you. It was natural for them to forget you. You were a brief cameo in their lives, a walk-on character from the prologue. For every sentimental "my teacher changed my life" story you heard, there were dozens of "my teacher made me moderately bored a few times a week and then I got through the year and moved on with my life and never thought about them again." They forgot you. But you did not forget them.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Classism
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual content
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Complicated