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Jiya asked this question about The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1):
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Anonymous I read it when I was thirteen, but reading it now, I'd be pretty uncomfortable giving it to any young person. The author explicitly mentions the "reve…moreI read it when I was thirteen, but reading it now, I'd be pretty uncomfortable giving it to any young person. The author explicitly mentions the "revealing" nature of Sophie's (a young girl implied to be around twelve) clothes, as well as a boy "sneaking glances" at her legs and sweating when she is close to him while wearing her revealing outfit. There's also a reference to her "assets" (almost made me vomit), a wolf winking at her, multiple boys "drooling" after her, descriptions of her face and makeup as "luscious," "delicious," and even straight-up "provocative." I may not have 100 % picked up on this creepiness when I read it as a thirteen-year-old, but it did give me a bad "vibe" even then.(less)
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