The Last Graduate

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The Last Graduate
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AuthorNaomi Novik
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Scholomance
GenreFantasy novel
PublisherDel Rey
Publication date
September 28, 2021
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book
Pages400 (hardcover)
ISBN978-0593128862
Preceded byA Deadly Education 

The Last Graduate is a 2021 fantasy dark academia novel written by American author Naomi Novik following Galadriel "El" Higgins, a half-Welsh, half-Indian sorceress, who must survive to graduation while controlling her destructive abilities at the fabled school of black magic, the Scholomance. It was published by Del Rey on September 28, 2021 and is the second of The Scholomance trilogy. The first book of the series, A Deadly Education, was released on September 29, 2020.

Reception[]

Tasha Robinson of the Polygon wrote about the books "All her novels are compelling and immersive, and they all reimagine existing history and folklore in strikingly new ways. The Scholomance books were partly inspired by a pair of Eastern European legends about a school of magic where Satan claims the soul of the last graduate to leave."[1]

Book received mostly positive reviews. Elizabeth Tabler of the Grimdark Magazine praised the book, calling it "mind-blowing and fantastic" and that she "went clamoring for more".[2] Lacy Baugher of the Culturess called it "one of the best fantasy series out there right now".[3]

On the other side, Kirkus Reviews called it "A sequel that repeats the mistakes of its predecessor while failing to break new ground." The review pointed out that The Last Graduate doesn't recount what had happened in the first book of the series, and doesn't introduce the narrator (Galadriel, the main protagonist), and that some readers can be puzzled if they forgot it.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Last Graduate fills the Harry Potter void, and so much more". Polygon.
  2. ^ Tabler, Elizabeth (6 October 2021). "REVIEW: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik". Grimdark Magazine. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ "The Last Graduate takes Naomi Novik's Scholomance series to the next level". Culturess. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. ^ "THE LAST GRADUATE | Kirkus Reviews". Retrieved 13 November 2021.


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