The School for Good and Evil Series Review *UPDATED OPINIONS* (books 1-6)
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With one of my favourite series coming to a close, I wanted to wrap up all my thoughts on this book. I had a great time reading it, and I would highly recommend it!
Timestamps
Book 1 Non-Spoilers: 2:04
Book 1 Spoilers: 4:51
Book 2 Non-Spoilers: 6:34
Book 2 Spoilers: 8:58
Book 3 Non-Spoilers: 10:55
Book 3 Spoilers: 12:37
Book 4 Non-Spoilers: 14:14
Book 4 Spoilers: 15:56
Book 5 Non-Spoilers: 16:55
Book 5 Spoilers: 18:10
Book 6 Non-Spoilers: 19:58
Book 6 Spoilers: 21:49
Conclusion: 23:32
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Something that made me pretty disappointed throughout the series is that even though Agatha did pretty much all of Sophie’s hw during their first year, Agatha rarely used any evil spells. I really thought they could have made something out of the fact that Agatha ‘enjoyed’ doing some of Sophie’s homework and classes but they never did. There were some moments were all I wanted was to see Agatha use a dark spell and use her knowledge from evil, and it never came.
I never thought of that, but I do agree with you. Agatha put so much work into some things but no one ever really appreciated that
Ikr? In general in the later books they completely abandoned their magic skills. Agatha was literally the best from all of them
Book 4 thots: ehhh, it was ok. It was really slow at first and tedros never stepping up to the plate got old. I loved Hort and Nicola together. Sherwood Forest is a place I’d like to party at. Book #5 thots: The new first years are hilarious, their breaking in at the church ceremony was so chaotic and funny. Professor Dovey will always be in my heart. Reaper being king was a little far fetched. We didn’t get to see what the crystal ball really did till the end which I didn’t like that much. Book #6 thots: I’m really sad it ended, R.I.P to everyone that died. Tedros got annoying with wanting to be in charge but never actually doing it. Seeing how much Sophie and Agatha loved each other was heartwarming. We learned a lot of lessons in this book which I loved for. Like Sophie learning to eat bc life is just fleeting moments unless you let yourself enjoy it, Agatha talking to Nicola about how you’ll reject someone’s love no matter what if you think you’re undeserving of it, what love really means when It took Horts “death” to see it, Merlin explaining to tedros that hurt goes away when make friends with it bc it’s just as important as happiness and hope, and finally Sophie realizing that once you let go of the ideas of fantasy love you can embrace the love that’s been there all along. Merlin dying about killed me, Hester and anadil getting together = iconic. Tedros proposing to Agatha not just offering marriage but his love, beautiful.
YES! Dang the last book just *chefs kiss* SO GOOD! So many people died but the people that made it through learned so much and I loved it
the ending of book 6 was heartbreaking yet heartwarming at the same time. I felt so proud of Agatha, Tedros and Sophie because they all conquered their fears and faced the ones that limits them from their true selves. Their growth is so amazing to witness, Agatha in particular because she’s my best girl and comfort character. in the past she’s always being grumpy, have no interest in anything, and of course she doesn’t love herself. Her journey really made me cry because I relate to her so much and to see her be so determined as the story progresses and to see risk her life for her true love, that according to Tedros, death was only another challenge for them to overcome, It was beautiful. And to see her finally embrace her true self... the little comment Sophie thought that Agatha grew to hate mirrors and was now holding one, I thought it was meaningful. The series overall conveys different messages but beyond it all is about the truths of truly loving someone and yourself, that way you can reach true happiness. It was such a rollercoaster and I felt relieved to finally reached the end, considering that I had to wait 3 years to continue reading book 2 and at least 5 months for book 6.... i loved every single chapter and I’m considering of re reading it again.
Merlin 🧙♂️ was like “I a baby 🍼 and I gonna die now”
@@xoanna08 PLS LMAO
Evelyn pissed me off a lot
, she snoops too much! I wanted to crush all those dang butterflies
Same omg !
I’ve only just met her and I totally agree
I know right!!!
Y’all know I was so shooketh when that one line Tedros cussed and that last part where Sophie and Hort got freaky🤣.
Yeah I was like ‘‘wow they grew up lmao‘‘
wait what book is that?
(I am almost done with book 5 so 😅)
Loved this series for 7 years! Cannot wait for the film and totally agree with what you said about the 2nd and 3rd book - they’re all amazing and I would recommend beginning to read them young. From growing up with them, they helped me to discover who I was and taught me how to be comfortable as me.
Honestly THE BEST series though.
I love this series too! I’m so excited for the movie, hopefully we don’t have to wait a super long time!!
Book 2 confused me too because it raised a lot of interesting questions that were never answered like are all the fathers, brothers, husbands and sons in the woods really that detestable that non of them were worth keeping. Also the fact that when Agatha asked how they reproduced, the answer was that they used the slaves so what if the baby was a boy? does that mean the innocent baby gets enslaved too?
Was it just me or do you guys also noticed that back in the fifth book around chapter 5 when Japeth was in the dungeon, "He raised a glowing fingertip, coated with scims, and flooded the ceiling with green light."...so Japeth has a fingerglow?? and then suddenly in book 6, Japeth doesn't have a fingerglow and only Rhian has.
Woahhh I never noticed that! I’m gonna look back into that!
Dude yeah. I haven’t read the 5th book yet cause it’s so slow for me (the descriptions just feel like walking in mud) but I always thought it was weird that the graduated Evers and Nevers have their fingerglows when they shouldn’t! Tuba said the fingerglow would be locked after their first year and yet Lady Lesso has a fingerglow and I’m pretty sure every other adult does.
If it has a teaching purpose, than it would’ve been nice if it was dtated
@@egg6144 I mean their entire school life was kinda fucked up so the teacher probably had better things to worry about.
(But let’s be honest. Soman probably forgot about that detail. )
I could not put these books down when I first read them. The plot twists and exciting conflicts kept me on edge and wanting to see what happened next
Totally agree! I reread the series so many times and it always manages to be as amazing!
I LOVED One true king. I also quite liked Quests for glory. Hort and Sophie are perfect. Great video btw
Thanks so much!!
*Neville destroys final Horcrux*: I sleep.
*Sophie willingly eats cake and enjoys it*: REAL SHIT-
Seriously though, this was one heck of a series. I honestly don’t know people say this is a children’s series when there is so much to keep track of. I just can’t describe my time reading the last 3 book. To me it was the best week of 2021.
My favourite moment? Sophie just blasting the scams out her head with her finger glow like an old-fashioned gun. I really thought she died from that.
PS Yes, after all these years Sophie is still my absolute favourite.
how is it s*
I love Sophie agatha was one of the only people who actually cared about her. Ever time she thinks she finds love it turns out to be fake
@@TbspOfRice because Sophie is supposed to a perfect pink princess
only read 1-3 but it pissed me off how they revealed agatha and sophie to be sisters way after all their moments together.
Did you ship them to?
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I knew they were sisters from the beginning of book 2, i guessed it.
@@maeve3007How? I was too suprised to know they were sisters in book 3!
To this day, 8 years later, I'm still bitter about that reveal. I shipped them so hard at 13, I was dissapointed when I read the 3rd book
@@maeve3007Yes, how did you guess it? I was completely thrown from my chair when I read the reveal because it came out of nowhere
I reread the first two books recently after reading it as a kid. I forgot that the headmaster, a whole ass adult, was trying to get with Sophie, who was 12.......
But they age through out the series
I think Sophie's 16 by that book also the school master looks and acts 16 it's still weird lol but it's fairytale
lol she wasn't 12 she was 15 in the 1st book then probly 16 in the 3rd book but yahh it was lowkey creepy.....
this was my favourite book series when i was 12 there's so much nostalgia 💞💞💞
There really is🥺
Book 2 tho.. Is when Beatrix.. Beatrice.. Well her
Actually got my attention... With her finally snapping from her infatuation with Tedros and it's really interesting
I agree, my favourite books of this series are the 3rd one and 6th one. For the third one, I personally think the best part is when Sophie is explaining why she deserves to be Tedros's queen and they kiss. he rejects her and Agatha realizes she is good to be queen. I loved it when Agatha and Tedros ran to each other and kissed I literally got chills!!
My issue with the last two books is the way the characters seem to forgot that they have magic and how powerful they at some when need it most like then they are attacked by the pirates. You have a school with some the most powerful witches; techers and princesses in the wood cowering from pirates with no magic or powers and a single
wizard. Why? These same pirates who couldn't be defeated by a group of well trained people with magical powers are then defeat by a single man with a sack. How?
please dont hate me, but i never really shipped hort and sophie together, and i was kinda a little disappointed that they ended up together :( but this is my number one favorite book series, the ending of book 6 made me cry lol. and i cant wait for the movie!
Please can u tell me how does it end
@@ajiaaljaajla2218 sure,
it ends with agatha, tedros, sophie and hort sitting with merlin as he dies. it’s a bittersweet ending, as everyone gets their happy ending but merlin moves on to “paradise”.
Ah crap, I'm gonna have to re read it again because now you've made me miss Agatha, Sophie, Tedros and Hort
Spoilers warningg
I swear i didnt quite liked Evelyn but she was definitely an intriguing, attractive and charismatic villain to read. And her taking revenge on the schoolmaster (for casting her out the school and leaving her to starve at the streets when she was pregnant) by naming their children after his dead brother and him was just... Golden. I could vividly imagine the evil smirk Evelyn would have plastered on her face when she look straight into Rafal's eyes as she said it. This and many other scenes throughout the whole series really etched itself in my mind even when there's not much sge artwork out there for me to envision it with. Definitely a signal telling you it's a damn great book to leave a positive vivid and magical impact on its reader.
AGREED! I didn't like her ate all, but she was so cool to read about and made for a great villain in the story. Especially when she made a come back when we all thought she was gone for good... so good!
Listen: I'm a little bit late to comment (i know 'cause I literally finished the book a few hours ago) but I'm flooded with mix emotions. First off, I still think we need another installment of the series because the way how the 6th book ended isn't just too complete! Like you know? Merlin dead on the last chapter? Oh come on we need better than that, don't we all? And second, I get that Tedros and Agatha gets to be the king and queen but personally (personally!), with that reason I wish the world didn't revolve too much on their love story but also give Sophie, the witch queen grand goddess, more exposure! She was being so good at the character development in the first trilogy and the camelot trilogy just made her a sidekick to the lovers. I wish she has some sick powers unleashed. Just as how powerful she was at the first trilogy, 'cause even if she's foggy with all her love interest, she'll still be that unbothered witch queen. Now you know I'm Sophie biased but the root reason I'm reading SGE is because of her character development. And I guess that pays well because she deserved Hort at the end. I'm feeling extra proud to everyone. Everyone that died and everyone that lived. And don't you ever get started with Chaddick. I grown attached to him just by one chapter and poof! He's dead! So many things to point out, this series. But in a good way of course! I wish we could have another trilogy installment where they fight another evil after graduation. And if ever that happens, I hope Sophie will be queen of her own wonderland (lol). This series will forever be in my heart. I'm always gonna be thankful for the author, Mr. Soman for giving us such beautiful story. *chef's kiss*
Same on the sophie part, i always felt like sophie was the sharpay to agatha and tedros Gabriella and Troy. It also suck because she has a lot of potential to be a great character but soman never tries to develop her from wanting to be in a relationship and being jealous of agatha.
@@frannyc7248 can u tell me pls how does it end bcs in my country it isnt translated still
OMG! I just finished the last book 2 days ago. Damn, that was interesting. I like this series a lot overall. The writing is so smooth and easy to understand. There were important themes in each one. I don't think they were meant to portray stereotypes in regards to gender, but show alternatives and warn of consequences due to excessiveness on both sides. The past and present were interesting. So was truth and lie. The plot twists made sense to me??? It was just all woven so nicely that the author made it work!? Also, in my head, Rhian's name is pronounced: ree - an. Just my 2 cents. overall 4.5/5 star series!
Same!! I loved this series too, and everything was so exciting. I love the plot twists and the characters, especially the growth between Agatha and Sophie!
I hadn't heard of this series until stumbling across the movie on netflix but now I'm tempted to read the book series... hoping they continue making more movies for the other books!
Hi army, the movie was a little different from the books in important parts, I strongly recommend you read the books because the movie didn't do it justice, only with the sets, they really captured exactly how the schools looked, but that's it
The One True King was my favorite tbh. HORT AND SOPHIE HAVE FINALLY BEEN SHIPPED
SPOILER ALERT!
RIGHT OMG I WAS SO HAPPY
@@LaurenKissReads REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
it got so plot-twisty and turny that it got predictable. Seriously, at the third part of the Last Ever After I knew what was going to happen
High key came here to see if the 5th book gets any better, cause for me rn it’s so slow and the descriptions are making it worse.
I really hoped that Soman would mature his writing as the characters got older and the readers aged along with the books, but I don’t really see any of that.
I’m in the middle, but I also can’t get over how they could use magic in the dungeons when there was a hole in the wall. Cause like what’s the limit? If there’s a hole then you can use magic but if no hole no magic? I feel like Soman has a way of not really explaining solutions well and they just happen. But I’ll keep reading and hopefully this is all worth it cause I loved the original trilogy😭
I remember June 2nd 2020 at my local Robinson's bookshop with my best friend to buy the only 2 available copies. I was so excited I was counting down the days to the release. Book 3 is my favourite really loved the Lady Lesso and Dovey relationship in the book. Agatha's journey in this book was my favourite of hers she really comes into the role of Good's Queen. I enjoyed all the other books but 3&6 were defiantly my top 2. SO excited to see what they do with the movie. Some of the revealed costumes look amazing especially Lesso stocking that suit. This series is 1000% the best series ever
I notice you said you give the first book 2,5 rate at first and then changed it to 4 out of 5, i agree, totally.
i'm sucker for fiction fairytale whatever, but the first time read it, i dont really enjoy it, i love the idea of the story, its brilliant but there's sooo much details on it but he (soman) didn't really explain the system of this magic world, like at all in the 1st book, i got so much questions while reading the book, like is there other schools around, or where all of those princes and princesses come from ( a map would be nice), the curriculum, they are in school they should study, but mostly all the boys and girls did just flirting and flirting
But after few books, i started appreciate the first book, its actually quite good
Agatha's cat is not black, it's bald and wrinkled
Hort and Sophie for life yall 🥺❤️
Literally 🥺
This is my favorite series ever! A solid five out of five stars for every book!
Spoiler ALERT!!! The most shocking this in the series I've read is probably when Sophie said she was using Agatha to make her look good to the school master!
also I am team Sophie and Rafal . Idk but they seem just so PERFECT for each other no matter what. because I don't care what's good or evil anymore this is just amazing. Also the plot twist of the third book when Agatha realised that Lady Lesso has been teaching the students black magic and she was a the REAL spy. But I was heartbroken when professor Sader died in book 1.
I love this series so much and I hope ill re-read it again.
I agree, like I know it’s toxic but I will always be team Rafal and Sophie no matter what
I love the format that you broke down the series. I’m only on book two and I wanted to hear someone else talk about it besides my husband(since I’m making him read it with me). Great video. Subscribed!
Aw yay I’m happy it was helpful! I love this series a lot and I hope you continue to enjoy it!
I so want to read this series because of you!
you should, they are reallyyy goodd
I hope you read it omg it’s so good!
Literal acabe el tercero hace una hora y encuentro un canal que habla de ellos, estoy feliz
I’m adding this to my watch later, don’t want any big spoilers since I just reread #1 and started #2, I just met Evelyn. Also: opinions about the Netflix movie announcement? I’m worried it will go the way of Percy Jackson or the new Winx series.
I hope you enjoy the series!!! Honestly I have high hopes for the series on Netflix. For the most part I’ve been pretty happy with a lot of the adaptations I’ve seen recently on Netflix (ex, to all the boys, all the bright places, etc) so I have hope it will be good🤞🏼🤞🏼
I was a bit upset because Sophie's parts only have 8 pages or smthg but Agatha have like 20 smthg..
But i love the series so much tho :)
I feel like everyone will hate me for this, but I personally don’t like Sophie. I only starting kind of letting go of my hatred around book 4. Hort and Sophie should not have gotten together, though.
Great clip ♥! As a fellow TH-camr, I am on the lookout for fresh ideas! Excellent Job!
Omggg why I was out here saying Evelyn Sadder, thanks for teaching me how to say it correctly.
your ranking are EXACTLY the same as mine
Honestly i have some kinda emotional connection with this book...I love it so much
Same it’s one of the first big books I’ve ever read (In second grade)
i love your ranking but i probably would say the first book as my favourite
I just really wanna know if someone has tried sophie's skin care routine from the frist book? Bc I always wanted to try 😅
You should read the rise and fall of the school for good and evil!! It's all backstory for the school masters
I can’t wait to see the movie on Netflix, and of course see Sophia Anne Caruso as Sophie :)
I actually found it pretty sexist and homophobic with bad messages for young people.
wait but like all six books have the girls being strong and smart af and there are several gay couples- like I’m not pissed but can you elaborate
Read the keeper of the lost cities!
Why did lesso and dovey have to die
great vid! :) whats ur opinion on tagatha?
Where did u get ur books? I only got the 1sts and 2nd book!
It’s not Ryan it’s Rhian 😭
I bawl EVERY time I finish book 3 :*(
Can you please dwatch the movie and make a critic video? :)
Did you watch the netflix movie?
They seem like very good friends
Something I was thinking about while reading books 1-3 was that there was probably a lot of incest in Gavaldon😂
Who is Belle in chapter 1 in this book
I loved the series but Sge could have been better off being a stand alone novel because the sixth book was a mess with everything happening and half the twists made no sense, and the diverse reps are really bad at certain points and The LGBT rep is a mess. Characters that could have been great were drowned out for the sake of plot and focusing on main trio of Tedros, Sophie, and Agatha.
To me, all the twists made sense though. With name throwbacks from characters that already died, the twists come together and tie neatly. SGE book 1 is already considered a stand alone novel if you don't want to finish the story, but the other 5 books are as engaging and really enjoyable. And the last book even references events from the book one which is a nice touch and gives you a feel of true completion and growth.
I agree, the sixth book’s ending felt kinda cliche and as a person who’s part of the lgbtq+ community it annoys me that we have such little rep. I actually liked jaric but like why would you make the only two gay characters (other than like Hester and Anadil and two others who I forgot who we barely see) murderous psychopaths?
i majorly agree. the first book is amazing to me, everything after felt like it was trying to be what book one was
What book is your 5 star ultimate favorite book?
I love this series ❤
I’m disappointed by the series and also I really don’t like Theros he should have been killed on the first book
How?
Those are my same ranking 😌
Ah nice!
We have the same favorite school for good and evil books
Personally book 4 and 2 were my least favorite book 3 and 6 being my fav
What do U to think of the movie?
Just bought them three to 6
Ah my favorite book series:)
THERE'S BOOKS?!?!!!!!!
People who loveeeee the SGE
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The most unpopular (and hated) opinion in the entire fandom:
Sophie and Tedros are THE power couple and are much better then Tedros and Agatha
If you have read the last book of this series can u tell me how does it end bcs i havent seen in this comments anyone to describe the ending
@@ajiaaljaajla2218 I did read it but all I remember is Tedros and Agatha get married at the very end a bunch of people die (obvi) And Tedros voluntarily let Jepath be head him and then Tedros comes back to life (Hort And Sophie and up together and have a little “fun”)
@@xoanna08 WAIT TEDROS SOES WHAT TO JAPETH?
@@xoanna08 I agree. Sophie and Tedros had much more chemistry than Agatha and Tedros and I hate that in the third book they say that Sophie and Tedros are incompatible when in the second book Tedros genuinly fell in love with Sophie.