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A review by justlily
The School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer
3.0
I'm as much of a sucker for the old boarding school trope as anyone but I'm not sure this book entirely pulled it off. It wasn't a bad read, for the most part the story carried along at a nice pace and it did get you invested in a couple of the characters. So it's a fast and tolerable read, something good to clean your brain after a tough one.
But... None of it was really believable. And on top of not being believable, I turned the last page and basically thought "So what?" There was no point to any of it. Things got bad but not THAT bad, the story hit the peak which wasn't THAT exciting, and the ending happened and I didn't feel THAT enthusiastic about any of it.
It just...happened.
So while I wouldn't say it warrants all these one star reviews, I don't think anything over a three is close to accurate.
But... None of it was really believable. And on top of not being believable, I turned the last page and basically thought "So what?" There was no point to any of it. Things got bad but not THAT bad, the story hit the peak which wasn't THAT exciting, and the ending happened and I didn't feel THAT enthusiastic about any of it.
It just...happened.
So while I wouldn't say it warrants all these one star reviews, I don't think anything over a three is close to accurate.