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I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life.
Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. As far as I’m concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I’m not joining his pack of adoring fans.
I don’t need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do. Forget the hordes of monsters and cursed artefacts. I’m probably the most dangerous thing in the place. Just give me a chance and I’ll level mountains and kill untold millions, making myself the dark queen of the world.
At least, that’s what the world expects. Most of the other students in here would be delighted if Orion killed me, like one more evil thing that’s crawled out of the drains. Sometimes I think they want me to turn into the evil witch they assume I am. The school certainly does.
But the Scholomance isn’t getting what it wants from me. And neither is Orion Lake. I may not be anyone’s idea of the shining hero, but I’m going to make it out of this place alive, and I’m not going to slaughter thousands to do it, either.
Although I’m giving serious consideration to just one.
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3 primary booksThe Scholomance is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Naomi Novik.
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DNF. It was such a struggle to get to page 100 but after every reading session I still wasn't sure what I just read.
Não me senti investida nem nos personagens nem na ambientação da história. Apenas 2 personagens no livro inteiro recebem uma caracterização decente - El e Orion. Todo o resto é reduzido a nomes e caracterizado pelo idioma que falam e esteriótipos estúpidos ou incorretos. A história é contada em primeira pessoa pela nossa protagonista El e ela passa parágrafos e parágrafos fazendo seus monológos que muitas vezes eu esquecia pq ela começou a pensar naquilo.
Esse livro tem muita encheção de linguiça que a autora pensa que dá pra classificar como worldbuilding e que no fim não acrescenta em nada. Sabemos muito sobre enclaves, dos maw-mouths, da diferença de mana e malia, malificer e wizards e é isso! A Scholomance em si fica dificil de imaginar. A autora poderia ter passado menos páginas reduzindo seus personagens a meros “fulana, que fala tal idioma” e feito um worldbuilding mais efetivo.
Ler que Scholomance é uma Hogwarts mortal é realmente de despertar a curiosidade, afinal, quem não adora uma história de escola de magia, cheia de lore? Mas aqui a lore que é apresentada não acrescenta em muita coisa e muitas vezes Novik atira no próprio pé com a tentativa de diversidade.
Não gostei de nenhum dos dois personagens que a autora desenvolve bem.
Não pretendo continuar a série, a não ser que alguém consiga me convencer que ela melhora os pontos que levantei na resenha...
Minha busca por uma série de escola de magia que preste continua.
Take a basic adolescent novel about fitting in, friendship and crushes and then make all of that real: if you don't have any friends, you will literally be eaten by monsters. If the golden boy reciprocates his crush on you, it will literally save your life. That's the premise of Deadly Education and it's kind of a fascinating one.
I think Novik's characters were well-developed, especially to explore the way that adolescence can feel so life-or-death. Sometimes school fantasy can feel twee, but I felt like Novik's monsters felt real, serious threats and this was done well.
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