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Narrated by:
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Anisha Dadia
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By:
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Naomi Novik
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
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The Sunday Times bestselling novel from the award-winning author of UPROOTED
In the start of an all-new trilogy, the bestselling 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.
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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.
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'Hilarious and wild! Take any fictional magic school, make it as over-the-top dangerous as possible, and populate it with a bunch of snarky teenagers; the result is pure batshit fun.'
N.K. Jemisin, three-time Hugo Award winner and author of The Fifth Season
'Novik deliciously undoes expectations about magic schools, destined heroes, and family legacies. A gorgeous book about monsters and monstrousness, chockablock with action, cleverness, and wit.' Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author
'The Scholomance is the dark school of magic I've been waiting for, and its wise, witty, and monstrous heroine is one I'd happily follow anywhere-even into a school full of monsters.'
Katherine Arden, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale
'The wonderful cast of characters will grab a hold of your heart and you'll never want to leave this deadly school ... a fantasy that delights on every level. I loved this brilliant book.'
Stephanie Garber, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Caraval series
'Eyeball-meltingly brilliant. Novik is, quite simply, a genius.'
Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken
'Sharp, witty, and darkly effervescent, A Deadly Education is Naomi Novik's fresh take on the concept of the magic school. One of my favorite reads of the year.'
Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls
'Naomi Novik reinvents the magical school story by working a strange, funny, wild, dark magic all her own. This is not just your next great read - it's your new obsession.'
Gwenda Bond
'A delightfully brutal world ... and a practical, ruthless heroine with the guts and wits to survive it.'
Emily Skrutskie
'Fresh, smart, and delightfully unique. It's Hogwarts with higher stakes and sharper claws, and I absolutely loved it.'
Alix E. Harrow
'A nightmare from which I never wished to wake. Savage, inventive, and soulful, Novik grasps the totems of childhood that linger in your mind-schools of magic, curses, cutthroat classmates, monsters-only to twist them into a grand new tale that'll make you believe in magic again.'
Pierce Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Age
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- MaureenMcEldridge
- 07-03-21
OK, but nowhere near as exciting as others
My least favourite Naomi Novik book unfortunately. The story felt quite dull in comparison to Spinning Silver and Uprooted which I loved.
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- Asbjørn
- 25-02-21
New twist to the Teenage College Story
I was filled with both joyus hope and trepidation as I started this latest work from Naomi Novik. Uprooted and Spinning Silver is some of the best fantasy I know. The series following the dragon Temeraire started equally good - but somewhere along the way it became drivel. Poorly written and drawn out...
A Deadly Education is a promising new start. There is one or two places where the story feels forced - but I am again excited about Novik's storytelling.
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- ob57
- 07-12-20
It is a good book to start off a series
It is a good book to a start off a series. I enjoyed the characters especially the main character El. The plot is good but not much happened. The setting was one of the best parts of the books. It was fascinating.
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- Nadine
- 02-10-21
Narrator doesn't do the story justice
I read this when it first came out and loved it immensely. Bought the audiobook because I wanted to re-read it on holiday before the 2nd one came out. I still love it, but am afraid Anisha Dadia isn't quite good enough to do Novik's brilliant story justice. Her wrong emphases can be a little grating and sometimes it feels as though she's not thinking about what she's saying. Would still recommend anyone who doesn't want to physically read it to try this audiobook, but if you have both options: please read it instead!
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- Becky
- 22-03-24
Easy listen young adult fantasy
Loved listening to this book. It was such an enjoyable and easy listen. Performance was good too.
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- Simon. M
- 21-11-20
Excellent story and narration
The story is a refreshing take on magical education, it has all of the factional intrigues between years, student types and 'house' affiliations, but is a lot less saccharine. The narration is excellent, (I have high-register hearing loss through poor career choices which makes me wary of some female narrators), but Anisha Dadia has such a good tonal range that she conjures a compelling protagonist whilst being perfectly audible. I loved the author/narrator combination of this audiobook and will buy the next instalments without hesitation!
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- Violet
- 26-06-21
Loved it.
As an autistic person I can really relate to a character that has always had trouble socialising not because of something they necessarily did wrong but because there's something about them other people just find off. I really enjoyed the unusual world building and I always enjoy a world with an inbuilt system of inequality and knowing by the end of the series the main character will have begun to fix it. This book won't be for every one of Naiomi Noviks' readers especially if you enjoyed the more adult tone of the Temeraire series but if you do enjoy magical worlds, schools of magic, and characters who are good people against their own best judgement and slightly annoyed by it then you will enjoy this book.
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- Tim Mitchell
- 02-11-20
Absolutely brilliant listen
From the only other review I wasn’t expecting much, but as a Naomi Novik fan I decided to give this a go. Totally worth it. In the vein of Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On, A Deadly Education gives a generation or readers starving for an alternative to Hogwarts exactly what they need. Part Battle Royale, Part wizard Hunger Games this novel turns the typical Chosen One tropes on its head and offers a manageable amount of steam punk teen angst. The narration was excellent will 100% listen again.
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- Fooflea
- 09-11-22
No way!
What an awesome story - totally refreshing. Excellent world building and characters. Had delayed reading in case predictable trope school story, but delighted to be absolutely hooked from the beginning with the bizarre scenario. Going straight onto the next. Performance reading excellent - easy to listen to.
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- Aileen
- 13-03-21
Dark teen fiction. Well narrated.
What do you do when trapped inside a magic school that is trying to kill you?
El is a sarcastic and antisocial girl with an affinity for mass destruction.
How can she make alliances to defeat the many grotesque creatures that lurk inside the walls when she comes across as a dark (and possibly evil) witch? 🧙♀️☠😈
A bit trashy and definitely teen fiction
So exactly what I wanted! the narrator has the perfect voice for El's personality.
The downside is that the characters inner monologues can get overly long at times and the magic terminology is laid on thick early.
The upside: it is fun and a bit dark with bloodshed, dark creatures and is different enough from the other magic school books I've read to be it's own thing. It is refreshing to have a lead character that is smart instead of lucky, and sceptical instead of being a classic naive hero.
I look forward to listening to the second one when it is out later in the year.
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