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The Schoolhouse by Sophie Ward

6 reviews

maddiie046's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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jgkubik's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No

3.25

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delinxw's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Idk. The story was fine, it took me a while to really get into it. The ending felt unsatisfying. I have read and still read multiple books with different pov chapters, but this just didn’t do it for me. I clearly had a favorite pov (writing style mainly), which made it hard to get through; as I was kind of just hoping to get to one of those chapters after finishing the one before😂

Lots of trigger warnings for this book though. I annotate all my books and my most used tabs are for “disgusted” and “shock”. I’ve tried to fill in the content warnings as best as I could. 
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booksandbabble's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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lilalhreads's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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rossrevenge's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I was hoping for something more focused on the experimental school, but this is more like a straightforward police procedural and the interesting themes are left undeveloped in favour of following a whodunnit about two missing children, which itself doesn't have a very satisfying conclusion. The book is too short to support so many side characters so you never get to know any of them that well; there's no obvious motive behind a lot of their actions other than, 'this is how a Bad Person acts,' or, 'this is how a Cop acts'. 
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