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Brigid asked this question about A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1):
Hearing tell of some incredibly racist passages in this. Who else is taking this off their TBR?
Alex I agree with James on this. I am Indian and throughout the book I didn't feel overly offended or anything. I would suggest before you write it off com…moreI agree with James on this. I am Indian and throughout the book I didn't feel overly offended or anything. I would suggest before you write it off completely just based on people's opinions give it a go, you could always put it away if it does end up being offensive.

A lot of the reviews about this book were taken out of context in my humble opinion and I think if we keep punishing authors for not getting inclusivity 100% right, they will just default back to the Harry Potter norm of being on the safe side and not even trying. Is that any better?

I just think we should support author's like Novik instead of boycotting them outright especially knowing that she did apologize. I don't think we could in all fairness expect a 100% accurate account of a completely foreign culture from anyone, heck I am Indian and even I probably would make mistakes.(less)
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