Ooof. Hmmm. I liked it, mostly. The whole "literally everything in this place can kill you" thing got exhausting for a moment before the plot really got started. And the explanations of the social logics of this place were often lost on me. I do like the way the world gets revealed though, and this is an explanation for the existence of a dangerous magic school that I'm only slightly annoyed by. I like the characters and the little details and hm, well, I enjoyed reading this.

Edit: oh right, there's a mention of an Arabic worksheet that might be racist or might be Islamist or might be a comment on either, and it annoyed me so much not to know which.