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A review by sge_ab
Rise of the School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I don’t typically write reviews but there was no way I couldn’t share my thoughts about this.
I’ve read every book Soman has written and loved all of them, but when I say this was on a completely different level I mean it, I can’t think of any book I’ve read that shocked me to the core as much.
Being a fan of the school for good and evil series for many years and rereading it too many times to count I thought I knew just about everything about it, but the ending of this book made all of that come crashing down. In a good way. I actually sat on my bed with my jaw hanging open, staring at the wall for over 8 minutes, because of how much sense the ending made, yet how unpredictable and borderline unfathomable it was.
Soman says you can read this before or after the main series, but I don’t think it would be possible to understand exactly what the ending means without reading the main series first.
I’ve read every book Soman has written and loved all of them, but when I say this was on a completely different level I mean it, I can’t think of any book I’ve read that shocked me to the core as much.
Being a fan of the school for good and evil series for many years and rereading it too many times to count I thought I knew just about everything about it, but the ending of this book made all of that come crashing down. In a good way. I actually sat on my bed with my jaw hanging open, staring at the wall for over 8 minutes, because of how much sense the ending made, yet how unpredictable and borderline unfathomable it was.
Soman says you can read this before or after the main series, but I don’t think it would be possible to understand exactly what the ending means without reading the main series first.