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= My review on The School of Fear series By: Gitty Daneshvari =

Introduction
I just finished the School of Fear series By: Gitty Daneshvari and it was very good and it was enjoyable to read, and I just wanted to share some of my personal opinions on the series that are negative. I will be dividing this list into 3 parts, for each book in the series. If you would like me to write a second article with my positive opinions, please let me know. There are also spoilers in this article for all of the books, so I would not recommend reading this if you are currently reading the books.

Book 1 - School of Fear
For me personally, I thought that the ending with Abernathy coming into the part where Mrs. Wellington fake dies, was a little bit rushed and confusing, but otherwise I don't have a lot of criticism. I personally thought that Garrison was not very relatable though, not because of his somewhat uncommon fear compared to the others, but the severity of his. I think it is important to show that some people have more intense fears than others, but I just wish Daneshvari didn't make it as extreme as his was. Besides this, as I have stated before, I don't really have a lot of criticism and this is my favorite book in the series.

Book 2 - Class is Not Dismissed!
This is my least favorite book in the series, so I have a fair amount of criticism. I did not ever like the character of Hyacinth, or the way she just suddenly showed up a year later than the others. I wish the author would have toned down this character and introduced her with the others in book 1, or in some different way than the others. Like for example, if she had showed up halfway through the session or something else that was different. I don't really think she added anything to the book except for leaking information about the school to Sylvie Montgomery, and I would have preferred another character do it. I did not love the character of Sylvie Montgomery, but that was her purpose so I don't know, however I will be talking more about her when I criticize book 3. I did not like how the original four children were still the same age exactly a year later, since this is impossible, and none of them had birthdays during the first book. Along with some other reasons, this is why the second book is my least favorite.

Book 3 - The Final Exam
This book was better than book 2 but not nearly as good as book 1. If I were to rate them all on a scale of one to ten, I would give book 1 an 8, book 2 a 5.5, and book 3 a 6.5 to put it in perspective. I did not like the arch with Basmati and his canary, and I felt as if it would have been better if Mrs. Wellington and Abernathy's relationship got better on it's own without someone else. However, I did like that at the ending it did resolve. I felt as if Sylvie wanted to end the school so much that it was not really funny or in anyway realistic. I know this book series could never happen in real life, but it was still very relatable. Along with Garrison in the first book, this character really was not relatable, since she had no real motive. Sure, maybe she could get a lot of money from ending the school, but it was never revealed if she had gone there or previously known Mrs. Wellington and I thought it was a little bit random. I also felt like the dragged out Madeline and Garrison love arch ended quite suddenly. After Madeline was exposed for liking Garrison, he just said something along the lines of "Oh...I like you too." Knowing the character of Garrison and knowing he just had a crush on another girl, think did not seem very believable or sincere. This is some of my criticism on book 3.

Conclusion
This is some of my negative criticism on the series "The School of Fear". Though I was criticizing it, this series is pretty good, though I think I was too old when I read it. I would recommend these books to an 8-10 year old with an advanced reading level and a good vocabulary.