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A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)

Naomi Novik

Start date: September 1, 2024

Finish date: September 30, 2024

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May 08, 2022 E. Ardell rated it it was ok

I couldn't suffer through the rest. I tried so hard to push through, because this author comes highly recommended. However, I found the prose repetitive. "Oh I hate this guy who wants to help me and all these ppl who want to help me, yet I need their help because I want to succeed...but let me keep being an unreasonable brat anyway." I was so irritated. And when I wasn't irritated I was drowning in constant backstory and info dump. I don't think I ever found the actual plot of the current story. ...more

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Mar 03, 2021 Julie Phelps rated it really liked it · review of another edition

“Some sorcerers get an affinity for weather magic, or transformation spells, or fantastic combat magics like dear Orion. I got an affinity for mass destruction.”
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𝙏𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚: A Deadly Education
(The Scholomance #1)
𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧: Naomi Novik
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Imagine Hogwarts with more danger, no supervision, and 40% survival rate. A boarding school where your life is in danger every second of every day. Welcome to Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted, where the food might be poisoned and a shower might k ...more

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