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Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

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cai_rw's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

alexandra_ninelives's review against another edition

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5.0

This was incredible! I can’t believe it took me so much time to finally read this masterpiece.

At first, I was a little confused because there were so many students but once I remembered who’s who, it was phenomenal.

I’m sad about that ending though. I needed my favorites to survive and both of them died.

I also wish the cover was not so ugly so I can have a physical copy on my shelves too.

stevester's review against another edition

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5.0

loved shogo kawada. so grateful to see chain smokers represented 🙏

keitacolada's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

bebea's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

florliz's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

booknerdnative's review against another edition

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The writing/translation was very dry and I was having a hard time caring about the plot because the characters felt very one-dimensional and robotic. I thought it was just the audiobook but it was the same in print when I switched to that.