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  • By: Naomi Novik
  • Narrated by: Anisha Dadia
  • Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (621 ratings)
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A Deadly Education

By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: Anisha Dadia
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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

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Unable to Finish

I’ve just started this book, I really enjoy the authors other books but really can’t listen to an angry , jeering , aggressive teen voice for a whole book/ yes I know what age group it’s aimed at. Will be returning in favour of the Kindle edition. I’m sure the story is great the telling of it no.

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Well imagined setting

I really enjoyed this book, inspite of the narrator. Not sure if it was an accent or just odd pronounciations but what ever it was, it got a bit annoying overall.. With a different narrator I’d have given this full marks. The setting is well imagined and the main character interesting and relatable, even to a mature adult. I am really looking forward to the next intallment.

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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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Hideous pronunciation

If you’re going to read a book wherein the narrator comments upon the mispronunciation of Welsh words…maybe it would be a good idea to take some advice on the subject from a Welsh speaker? Then you won’t look silly when the narrator pronounces Llanfairpwllgwyngyll TOTALLY incorrectly!

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A difficult listen

A potentially great story with lots of good ideas but the stream of conscious type story telling along side the annoying narrator made it a difficult listen. I really didn’t enjoy it. Half developed characters and rushed. Such a shame.

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I didn't expect this from Naomi Novik

I didn't like this at all. It was not the performance as I've read in other reviews. It was the main character, who was utterly annoying, the school itself, that didn't make any sense and the lack of development in the secondary characters.

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Interesting story, not the perfect narrator

This is a very refreshing take on the School of Magic-trope! A perfectly wonderful unloveable heroine, and pupils from all around the world gathered in one (rather horrifying) school. Naomi Novik definitely knows how to tell a good story, and this book is no exception!
Unfortunately the reader was not the best. She isn’t BAD as such, but her British accent is not quite right (she sounded so very much like an American taking care to pronounce their Ts and Aah:s, but not thinking about the other sounds). The narrator is a good reader, though, and has a very pleasant voice.
Definitely recommended!

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Enjoyable!

The book starts strangely, effectively landing you in the middle of the story, but if you can get past that it's a good story. Don't expect too much, it's simplistic and a bit "teenagers save the day in an unlikely way" but it is young adult. It's fun and page turning though so as long as you go in with your eyes open and reality suspended, you'll enjoy it.

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Loved this

I was very sceptical due to the reviews, but ended up loving this story.

I'm a fan of all of Noviks other works and had high expectations for this. The reviews I read were not very flattering, but luckily I do not agree with them at all.
I think the story is well written, but leaves a lot up to the reader. The setting is quite uniqe and can be hard to follow if you don't pay close attention. I didn't find that hard however as I was gripped and interested from start to finish!

I have no complaints about the narrator at all, I actually enjoyed her performance. But then again english is not my first language and I don't pick up on all the nuances with accents and dialects.

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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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