A Deadly Education

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Hmm. A lot of people really enjoyed this book, but I'm not entirely certain I did. I slogged through to the end bc I wanted to know if it got better – and it did. A little.

I thoroughly hate books with unlikeable main characters. I hate them. I hate reading about them knowing their jerks the entire time. I'd much rather read about good people – or at least bad people with some good characteristics. When a character has absolutely NOTHING redeeming? Yeah, I've lost interest. It took a looooong time in this book for me to care about Galadriel. I'm talking like....over 75% of the way into the book.

And the whole Scholomance itself? It was a bit much. It felt like every single thing wanted to kill them, and that felt almost ridiculous. AND I MEAN EVERYTHING. The kids weren't even safe in their ROOMS. They had to check their food for poisons, had to check their seats for hiding monsters, etc. What parent would willingly shove their kid into a school filled with monsters that want to eat them?

IDK. Not sure I'll read the next.