A review by pelerin
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

The main character is pretty unlikeable, there's a tiresome banter with her and the "love interest", and most of all I feel like the author didn't really reckon with how horribly grim the world she built was. The cheapness of life in this book was a major turnoff.
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