The School for Good and Evil

I absolutely adored this series as a kid and after watching the movie I was left feeling a little disappointed so I went to read the book. I don't really read middle-grade often anymore, and I think that slightly effected my mood while reading it. I just found it really hard to connect with any of the characters at all. While this is still a great read it just had a a few problems that kept sticking out to me. And while I know they fit in with the universe it still really bothered me. There somehow was a mix of woman empowerment and misogyny it in too. Half of the time I felt I was reading one or the other. Sometimes both at the same time. And also there was just to much of an emphasis on peoples looks and especially on being skinny. Especially on not eating to be skinny as well major red flag.