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Title: The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

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Title: The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

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Publication information: HarperCollins, 14 May 2013, 488 pages
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Fairy Tale fantasy

The school for good and evil is about how favourite storybook characters come about and how their real story begins.

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The story takes place in a village called Gavaldon. In this village, the townspeople are not very well off which is clear in their outfits, raggedy and tattered. There are not alot of very grandiose houses but instead humble cottages which are quite run down. The more wealthy townspeople have cleaner appearances and their houses are more kept together and not as run down as the other cottages. The village has a church which also looks more pleasant than the majority of the village. There is a small hill where one of the main character resides and unlike the brighter part of town, the hill is very dark and dull with graves all over and a ominous looking cottage at the top of the hill.

But the setting of the castles is different and contrasting to the village. The school for good is shiny and beautiful, like its straight out of a fairytale. However, the school for evil contrasts the school for good heavily with spiky towers that could kill, dark heavy storm clouds surrounding the castle and a dark murky moat.

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The story is told from a third person's point of view but it does show the two main characters point of views. The point of views in the story changes based on what is happening and how the story is progressing. However, this mysterious 'narrator' has a name and its called the Storian, a pen that writes every stories that people read and love such as snow white, sleeping beauty and more.

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The protagonists are Sophie and Agatha. However, Sophie also plays the role of an antagonist in the story.

Tedros is Agatha's love interest and as the story progresses, he becomes more and more important to the plot.

Lady Lesso is another major character in the book as well as she is Sophie's mentor and guides Sophie as she is in school.

Hester, Anadil and Dot are also important characters as all three of them also assist Agatha in the story.

August Sader is also a major character as he is constantly referenced to in the book and ends up involving himself with the protagonist as well.

School Master is also one of the important characters but he only becomes relevant towards the end of the story. He is also the antagonist.

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The tone is often tense due to the relationship between the characters, yet otherwise bright and magical.

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The story takes place in the village of Gavaldon, where two kids mysteriously vanish and never show up again once every four years. Children in the community have come to understand that individuals who vanish eventually appear in the fairy tales offered at the neighborhood bookstore, with each child playing either a "Hero" or a "Villain."

Agatha and Sophie, the two main characters, match these clichés perfectly because they are best friends. Agatha doesn't want anything to do with the'school for evil,' while Sophie wants to be taken to the fabled'school for good,' where she can become a princess.

The two girls are abducted, but instead of receiving what they expected, Sophie and Agatha end up going to the school for evil and good, respectively.

Both of them don't fit in during their lessons, yet they must both keep going because there is no way out.

Agatha and Sophie break up during lessons and other activities where students from the two schools meet, but Sophie develops feelings for Tedros, one of the Princes from the school of good.

In an effort to return home, the two girls break into the schoolmaster's tower and are given a riddle. Agatha, who thinks that love is the solution to the mystery, tries to make Tedros and Sophie fall in love by persuading him that Sophie was enrolled in the wrong school.

As issues between Sophie and Tedros escalate, a brawl between the two schools is started by Sophie.

Sophie then starts experiencing changes in her appearance and personalities which leads to an unpredictable ending.

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1. Sophie and Agatha gets kidnapped for the school for good and evil

2. They end up going to the wrong schools

3. They attempt to go back to Gavaldon but keeps failing

4. Agatha manages to find a way but Sophie does not want to cooperate

5. A misunderstanding happens

6. Trial by Tale

7. War breaks out

8. The realisation

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The climax in the book is steadily built and the build up is not as obvious. The author uses small but important details to build up to the climax which gives the reader a sense of unpredictability and suspense. The author uses foreshadowing as well in parts of the story that would not make sense in a certain chapter but in another which again instills unpredictability and suspense in the reader and keeps the reader hooked.

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What I personally think was good about the book is how it has a lot of plot twists and how the story is always unpredictable. I also liked how the book described certain major story events and character behaviours and appearances as it is described in such a way that really gives me a very clear idea of what the characters look like, how the setting is like and things like that which really helps when reading. I also like the unpredictability of the book as I prefer books that wont allow me to know what will happen immediately but instead constantly keeping me guessing and making theories. I also think what made the book good was the way it discussed certain topics that usually cannot be discussed in today's society such as lgbt and racism. The book highlighted those two topics really well in a way that was normalized instead of how its normally shunned upon and I think that is what made the book good.

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I think what was not so good about the book was that how certain characters did not get the ending they deserved and how they are so conveniently got rid off later on because they had so much potential only to be got rid of.

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I felt very moved by the book as it told love in many special ways and not just your usual fairy tale love endings. It showed the love of a teacher, friends, siblings, family and significant others all in one book. It showed the trials and tribulations of love and how it doesn't come as easy as other people think and personally I just think that's very beautiful. An example of this is the conversation Sophie has with Agatha before she dies. " "You’re not Evil, Sophie,” Agatha whispered, touching her decayed cheek. “You’re human." Sophie smiled weakly. “Only if I have you.” " The fact that Sophie rejected being held in the guy she thought she loved arms, she chose her best friend, and out of everyone, she knows her best friend, Agatha, knows that shes not evil, as long as they had each other. Because only Agatha truly understood Sophie, only Agatha could truly love Sophie. And I think its very moving as it shows the love between two best friends. (something i wish i had)

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Yes I definitely would, it has the right amount of sadness, angst, happiness and touching moments and it also really allows one to open their eyes to other forms of love and hurt as well.

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I can apply the same style of adding suspense to my essays to allow the reader to get hooked.

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I think overall this book is a very good novel and I would definitely recommend everybody to read it. There is not a single disappointing part in the story other than plot twists but that is what makes a good storybook.

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I hope that after reading this book review my reader will proceed to try reading it as well and I hope the book gives them the same feeling it gave me when I read it.

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The school for good and evil is actually a series and there are a total of 7 books in the series. My favourite is the third book "the last ever after".

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The Netflix adaptation is available as well but it is rather disappointing as it missed a lot of plot details and the castings and smaller details in the movie were inaccurate to the book. They also replaced a lot of things that were significant in the book which is very disappointing.