A review by lawmaker14
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

dark funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

For the positives, I thought that this book was a fun read and I am looking forward to reading the next installments. The world building is complex and interesting, while the monsters are grotesque and scary. The book is humorous, mainly due to the witty main character, and there is character development as El learns to let people in. 

But Novik puts so much information on the page that it is sometimes difficult to get through such intense internal monologue. I also found some plot points to be thrown in with little to no direction- mainly the combat portions.  This left me a little confused and I had to read certain scenes more then once. 
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