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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
This was a brilliant book. The fights were so vividly real but they were also unique - with each one different from the previous one (reading pages and pages of battle scenes can get monotonous- there's only so many ways someone can fire a gun).
Despite Keiji living the same day over and over we see different aspects and Keiji changes enough that it didn't get repetitive. I did find it a bit confusing in places- it seems to skip around the timeline quite a lot.
I liked how all the characters were fleshed out. But while the females were well written and complete characters it was sexist in places- Keiji guesses the age of the female characters we meet (but doesn't guess for the men- why is a woman's age relevant and a man's not?). Women seem to get stereotyped a lot in the book "Of the three types of women the human race boasted- the pretty, the homely and the gorillas you couldn't do anything with save ship 'em off to the army" "Most women who suited up looked like some sort of cross between a gorilla and an uglier gorilla. They were the only ones who could cut it on the front lines in the armoured infantry" Most the male soldiers are fairly derogatory and seem to view women as objects that provide sex- that attitude might be prevalent in the military but I'm suspending my disbelief about time loops and aliens so I'd have happily suspended it there too.
Despite Keiji living the same day over and over we see different aspects and Keiji changes enough that it didn't get repetitive. I did find it a bit confusing in places- it seems to skip around the timeline quite a lot.
I liked how all the characters were fleshed out. But while the females were well written and complete characters it was sexist in places- Keiji guesses the age of the female characters we meet (but doesn't guess for the men- why is a woman's age relevant and a man's not?). Women seem to get stereotyped a lot in the book "Of the three types of women the human race boasted- the pretty, the homely and the gorillas you couldn't do anything with save ship 'em off to the army" "Most women who suited up looked like some sort of cross between a gorilla and an uglier gorilla. They were the only ones who could cut it on the front lines in the armoured infantry" Most the male soldiers are fairly derogatory and seem to view women as objects that provide sex- that attitude might be prevalent in the military but I'm suspending my disbelief about time loops and aliens so I'd have happily suspended it there too.
All You Need is Kill is a very very interesting novel. The protagonist of the story is stuck in a time loop in the middle of the war. He relives a particular day again and again. He has to fight the same fight and repeat it all over again the next day.
Our Earth has been attacked by Aliens who are mutating everything they come in contact with. They are stronger and faster than us. To protect ourselves we created armour suits to increase our strength and speed. Still we are loosing the war.
That is when our hero gets stuck in time loop. Repeating the day again and again he becomes an expert in killing aliens. But for how long can he keep reliving the same day. There has to be some way to break out of the loop. A certain Full Metal Bitch might be his only hope.
Shot, fast paced and interesting. The time loop thing is a little murky but I have stopped trying to make sense of complicated time travels for sometime now. It is what it is, no sense in wasting time thinking about it.
It is a short and good read. Give it a go.
Our Earth has been attacked by Aliens who are mutating everything they come in contact with. They are stronger and faster than us. To protect ourselves we created armour suits to increase our strength and speed. Still we are loosing the war.
That is when our hero gets stuck in time loop. Repeating the day again and again he becomes an expert in killing aliens. But for how long can he keep reliving the same day. There has to be some way to break out of the loop. A certain Full Metal Bitch might be his only hope.
Shot, fast paced and interesting. The time loop thing is a little murky but I have stopped trying to make sense of complicated time travels for sometime now. It is what it is, no sense in wasting time thinking about it.
It is a short and good read. Give it a go.
Great premise, good sci-fi
I like this book because it is true. The characters in the book needed kill, and it was all they needed.
I like this book because it is true. The characters in the book needed kill, and it was all they needed.
Calling this book an anime Groundhog Day is completely accurate, and not even remotely insulting. That's what it is. If that idea sounds cool to you, you'll like it. It's short, and translated from Japanese, so the language isn't always great. But the concept is fun, and it's got lots of aliens and dudes in robot suits, and it moves very quickly. The ultimate reason for the time loop never quite sat well with me, but I had a blast with All You Need Is Kill nonetheless.
I don’t know why I love this story so much, but I do.
I read also the manga and I love the art, it’s perfect; but the novel is what strikes the right chords to make you love the characters. I personally love keiji personality and how hard working he is, how he admires Rita despite always growing stronger. I love Rita and how she remains the fullmetal bitch until the very end and how that is her best way to save everyone, because she is that caring of a person.
Also, I love the description of the fightings, the military setting and the quite romantic and anime-like use of the environment from the author (the sea scape, the red sunsets, the infinite blue sky and the colours that always match the emotions of the moment).
As for the American film... they botched the story just like the collectionable figures did in the book to the characters ahah = stay away from it
I read also the manga and I love the art, it’s perfect; but the novel is what strikes the right chords to make you love the characters. I personally love keiji personality and how hard working he is, how he admires Rita despite always growing stronger. I love Rita and how she remains the fullmetal bitch until the very end and how that is her best way to save everyone, because she is that caring of a person.
Also, I love the description of the fightings, the military setting and the quite romantic and anime-like use of the environment from the author (the sea scape, the red sunsets, the infinite blue sky and the colours that always match the emotions of the moment).
As for the American film... they botched the story just like the collectionable figures did in the book to the characters ahah = stay away from it
I enjoyed the movie, and saved the book for after. Both good, similar, and different.
I raise a cup of joe to the Full Metal Bitch.
I raise a cup of joe to the Full Metal Bitch.
Fun read, but probably would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't seen the movie first.
One of the few cases where I think the film (in this case, 2014's Edge Of Tomorrow) was better. This Japanese novel brings up the basic concept of a soldier in a war against an unpredictable alien foe, forced to go back to the beginning of one particular day every time he dies, which he does often. And it originates the videogame tone, where the experience of trying for a goal, dying, respawning, and trying again lets a soldier build skills and get further every time. But the film version does more with the build of the story and with the tone, and certainly much more with the humor. The book is blunter and briefer, and possibly overexplains its themes a bit, though it contains some really nice images, especially involving the financial value, sensory experience, and organic nature of coffee. The book's ending isn't as cheesy as the film's, but it's also more abrupt and less satisfying, with a lot of glossing over detail. A quick, exciting pulpy read, with a heady idea at the center, but very light.
adventurous
emotional
sad
fast-paced
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Plot
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Yes