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A review by beereadsya
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
3.0
this is such a difficult book to rate, for me personally. there was an absolutely wonderful plot, but the content of the book make it hard for me to know if i truly enjoyed it or not.
for starters, i really couldn't put it down once i got started. i became very invested into the storyline very quickly, so that's a positive. i became lost in this world of stuck up princesses and heartless evils, and for that i think it was a great book with great writing.
the book also shows that the line between good and evil can be very blurred, and that both sides have the capacity to be both good and evil if given the chance.
however, some things that made me very confused.
also, a personal nag is that i absolutely hate how dot, one of my personal favorite characters, was turned skinny when she turned beautiful. while i understand that much of the fatphobia in this book was used to show that good can be corrupted and cruel, this felt unnecessary. but thats just a personal nag.
however, i do wish to see what happens next, so i will be continuing on with the series. soman chainani has lured me into his world of corrupted good and bittersweet evil and i'm excited to see what's next.
book tws: violence, horror aspects, fatphobia, possible homophobia? (i say this lightly, there's only a scene or two where a character questions two princes loving each other), murder, etc.
for starters, i really couldn't put it down once i got started. i became very invested into the storyline very quickly, so that's a positive. i became lost in this world of stuck up princesses and heartless evils, and for that i think it was a great book with great writing.
the book also shows that the line between good and evil can be very blurred, and that both sides have the capacity to be both good and evil if given the chance.
however, some things that made me very confused.
Spoiler
at the end of the book, when sophie and agatha kiss as sophie is dying... this confused me deeply. this seems like it would allude to the two being in a future relationship, as would much of their time in the book, but instead, it leads up to them being... friends...? i'm not upset that they only stay friends, but i'm just confused, as well as i am incredibly confused on some of the events that led up to the quite dramatic ending of the book. what started as a fantasy book quickly escalated into some sort of twisted horror book, and at some point the ending scenes felt rushed? i couldn't entirely keep up with what was happening and why.also, a personal nag is that i absolutely hate how dot, one of my personal favorite characters, was turned skinny when she turned beautiful. while i understand that much of the fatphobia in this book was used to show that good can be corrupted and cruel, this felt unnecessary. but thats just a personal nag.
however, i do wish to see what happens next, so i will be continuing on with the series. soman chainani has lured me into his world of corrupted good and bittersweet evil and i'm excited to see what's next.
book tws: violence, horror aspects, fatphobia, possible homophobia? (i say this lightly, there's only a scene or two where a character questions two princes loving each other), murder, etc.