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ladypalutena's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
When I read A Deadly Education, I had nothing to compare El to. Now that I'm several years older, and many anime series deeper, I can confidently say that she reminds me of Saitama, the hero from One Punch Man. His entire schtick is that he trained himself so hard that he can defeat any enemy in one punch, and as such, life is boring for him now. He even joins a super hero squad, and ends up in like, D-Class, because he doesn't see the point in showing them how he's actually above and beyond S-Class or S-Tier or whatever.
That's El.
No matter what the Scholomance throws at her, she's able to throw it right back. And the vast majority of the book deals with her running the obstacle course that the school sets up for seniors during their second semester of senior year. A whole lot of the book, actually, which is where it really starts to drag for me.
Obviously, I haven't read the third book yet, so I don't know if my prediction of "this was originally supposed to be a duology but expanded into a trilogy, so there's got to be a lot of bloat in there" will ring true, but I can confidently say, at least in my opinion, that there were many pages that could have been cut from this book. Mainly, the unending chapters of the obstacle course. This is a 386 page book. Over one hundred of those pages are dedicated to lengthy descriptions of the obstacle courses,
There is one big difference between Saitama and El, however: Saitama is likeable. While El got better at the end of the first book, she's still angry and hurting in this book, which causes her to be rude to everyone.
The first book ended on a cliffhanger, and this second book ends on an even more massive cliffhanger, and even then, I'm not certain what else you can drag out of the third book to warrant spending several hundred more pages on this story.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, and Blood
dcdc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and War
aleclikesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Murder
erikagibson126's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Sexual content
themorrigan43's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, and Violence
beccaand's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Sexual content and Vomit
lisa_m's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood and Abandonment
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, and Classism
Minor: Death of parent
torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Dysphoria, and War
katerina_l's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
sophia_t_m's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Minor: Child death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail