A Deadly Education

By: Naomi Novik

Narrated by: Anisha Dadia

Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Brought to you by Penguin.

In the start of an all-new series, the best-selling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver introduces you to a dangerous school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death - until one girl begins to rewrite its rules.

Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered.

There are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic and the odds of survival are never equal.

Once you’re inside, there are only two ways out: you graduate or you die.

El Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school’s many dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions - never mind easily destroy the countless monsters that prowl the school.

Except, she might accidentally kill all the other students, too. So El is trying her hardest not to use it...that is, unless she has no other choice.

Wry, witty, endlessly inventive and mordantly funny - yet with a true depth and fierce justice at its heart - this enchanting novel reminds us that there are far more important things than mere survival.

©2020 Naomi Novik (P)2020 Penguin Audio

Something new

I loved the story. I love Naomi Novik's book and she didn't disappoint. The narrator was so easy to listen to. Definitely worth the credit

fantastic book about a school for magic

This is a really good book. The main character is complicated and interesting. the world that she created is extremely thought out and well explained.
This would be a perfect book if it was not part of a trilogy that does not end

highly recommended

thoroughly enjoyed this book. can't wait for the next one. the narrator did a great job, she really enhanced the main character's narrative voice.

watch out Harry Potter

Excellent book, loved the main character, she has a lot of depth, great world building, plenty of action and just a bit of romance.

good harry potter substitute

great world building, our hero is very whiny, and does things in direct conflict with what would be in her own best interest. so yes a good potter substitute. ;)

Great storyline

It was an exciting new storyline. I would not want to see a movie of it though, as it would be to grim and scary. In my own imagination it was great.

Excellent

A Deadly Education is a tense, fiercely unique narrative with characters you care about rapidly in a very grim setting. I look forward to everything Naomi has in store in this universe for the audience.

The narrator did a great job too, very emotive performance.

If I were forced to give a critique it would be that I personally prefer more descriptions of the surroundings than was provided, but I'm fairly certain that was deliberate to make the reader feel more closed in as it is not a static trait in her other books.

terrifying world, terrific heroine

loved the book, enjoyed it immensely as a fellow outcast and misanthrope.
the world building is breathtaking, the heroine is relatable, the subtle criticism of the capitalist society appreciated l.

Not a fave

A whiny self-sabotaging main actor in a stupidly dangerous environment with little rationale. Lots of exposition, little explanation. The reader has the right voice for the main role, which shows good skill, but creates the paradoxical effect that I really don't want to hear more.

Endless internal monologue

Jesus Christ this book starts out well enough but only 3 things actually happen by the end, and you're just showered with endless internal monologue of the protagonist THAT KEEPS REPEATING THE SAME 3 THINGS. That the monsters are coming after her, that she needs to protect her life, and that she absolutely must go against her own best interest because it's ESSENTIAL for her to be rude to the enclave kids.