Name: The School for Good and Evil
Rating: 3.8625 (340 reviews)
ISBN: 9780062104892

Soman Chainani

Iacopo Bruno

With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she'll earn top marks at the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil.

The two girls soon find their fortunes reversed—Sophie's dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses, and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School for Good, thrust among handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication.

But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are?

The School for Good and Evil

The New York Times bestselling The School for Good and Evil, the first book in the series, is an epic journey into a dazzling new world, where the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through one. This paperback edition features an Extras section, giving readers a chance to see which school they'd be in and a Q&A with the author, Soman Chainani. With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she'll earn top marks at the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil. The two girls soon find their fortunes reversed—Sophie's dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses, and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School for Good, thrust among handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication. But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are?

Beatrix Haase

3.5/5
I'm not sure how to rate this. I really enjoyed it but some of the characters I really did not like. I can see how this book is a middle grade but I can also see that it could very much be a young adult.

School for Good and Evil

Rebecca

This was cute! It’s a fairly common subject matter for middle grade - showing that good and evil isn’t black and white and the overlap and similarities between the two. This book definitely picked up steam in the final third, but I also feel like I didn’t totally believe some of the character growth. It kind of felt like the author decided ok, for the plot I need them to feel this way now, and was very tell-don’t-show, which was a bummer. That might come back to the audience and reading level though. 

overall a fun read though it certainly was a long one. I’ll be keeping an eye out for these from my library but think I’m gonna need a break before picking up the next one.

I really like this book. The fantasy world building was well built and fleshed out and it was easy to understand. There were a few times I did not understand where something came from, like a random action of a reference that I had to figure out myself. Otherwise it was a great book, I loved the characters and plot twists.

Bella

Ik that 12yo me would’ve been OBSESS but ngl i don’t like some of the values in this book (ex: beauty= goodness and evil=ugliness) but i hope those values will be deconstructed in the next books. 

Lina <3

A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for girls who prefer their fairytales with a twist. Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to the School for Good and Evil, the fabled institution where they become fairytale heroes or villains. Sophie, the most beautiful girl in town, has always dreamed of her place at the School for Good while her friend Agatha, with her dark disposition seems destined for the School for Evil. But when the two are kidnapped they find their fortunes reversed ...

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Kelsey Joëlle

I didn't thought I would like this book at all but I loved it! The book is really unique and I was so impressed by it. Go read it!

I liked it, but not my favorite. Probably not gonna read the rest of the series.

Suze

Emelie

I really loved this book, I can’t wait to read the next one as the ending left me baffled! I think it shined a lot of light on friendship and how you can’t categorize people into “Good” and “Evil”, and how they struggled to change their perceptions on that. It also emphasized on how looks don’t give a lasting impression, but your attitude and your heart leaves a greater mark on the people around you, and on yourself. 

Haley

Kira Del Caro

** spoiler alert **
           I was really enjoying this book though the ending was really fast and didn't really make sense to me. Sophie does not seem to change in values, she just wants to be good for all the wrong reasons and it doesn't seem like her values change at the end of the book, she did some really bad things and sacrificing herself does not seem like enough to make up for everything. Maybe I just don't beieve she has changed.

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