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A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)

Naomi Novik

Start date: February 1, 2025

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Oct 15, 2020 Melissa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: scififantasy, favorites

It's like Hogwarts where almost everyone is in Slytherin combined with the Hunger Games and there are monsters.

Edit from re-read: Loved it again! Can't wait for book 3! ...more

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Feb 23, 2021 Lauren rated it it was amazing

Disclaimer: There was some twitter chatter about this book being problematic. I found most of the claims to be unfounded but agree that although a reference to long hair being dangerous in a school essentially trying to eat you makes perfect sense in the made-up world of the book, the example used (dreadlocks) didn't translate well in the context of our increasingly racialized world. To give Ms. Novik credit, she apologized, indicated she meant no harm and will take out the example in future pri ...more

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Feb 05, 2021 Melanie rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, weird, magic, fantasy

Hovered between a 3 and a 4 - sometimes I got so frustrated with the teenage angst of it all and there was just SO much world building that it bogged down the story a bit (I mean, it was incredibly detailed and new and strange, and that was amazing, but it made some of the exposition a slog). But I did enjoy the weirdness and the matter of fact tone about all the horrors of the Scholomance. And the ending means I definitely have to read the next one ;)

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Mar 24, 2022 Laurie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book started a little slow for me but once you’re fully immersed is this creepy and dangerous magic school and all the different characters it was a delight. Like and evil Hogwarts with more diversity and higher stakes.

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