The School for Good and Evil
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009NF6FYI
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Series: The School for Good and Evil (#1)
Every year in Sophie and Agatha's village two children are taken away. The children are always opposites of each other: one kind, one mean; one handsome, one ugly, etc. The children never return, but a new book of fairy tales arrives every year, and children will sometimes recognize one of their for...
So. This book. It’s sort of an alternative fairy tale . . . ish. More Brothers Grimm than Disney. It’s dark and violent. Kids are tortured and unfairly punished and people are straight-up murdered. It’s light and funny. It pokes unmerciful fun at fairy tale tropes while at the same time embrac...
1/2 stars. Doesn't even deserve that.I seriously considered not adding this book, it was that bad, but I guess that people deserve to see the bad reviews so that they can decide if they want to read it.The premise for this book was very good, but the execution was a fail.I kept thinking of the chara...
"Who needs princes in our fairy tale?" Look at this cover. Does it look too juvenile to you (albeit pretty)? If yes, place your worries aside because this story will most likely "blow your socks". ;) So, myself, aka "the book grinch" had the most fun while reading this dark tale of re-imagined fair...
The School for Good and Evil -- Soman Chainani Book 1 of The School for Good and Evil 2013 Release -- Harper Collins Middle Grade, Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Humor, Magic The School for Good and Evil is definitely written excellently. There is a creative world within the Fairy Tale schools, well-develo...
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