Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

11 reviews

loudonuts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Bullying, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Violence

arixsuu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

An amazing book to start this year. I don't think I can find anything like this one. Best book of the year by far, or one of the best in any case. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Addiction, Death, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide, and Torture

ajourneythroughpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

I love this book! So good. Read it about 4 times now and it was still just as good as I remembered. Not rated 5 stars because of some sexism and homophobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Death, Violence, Blood, Deadnaming, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

Minor: Torture, Suicide, Rape, and Homophobia

seventhcr0w's review against another edition

4.0

japierdole XDDDDDDDDDDD ryje psyche

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Torture, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual content, Stalking, Homophobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Body shaming

harmonia's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Torture, and Sexual violence

anime917's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, Mental illness, Suicide, and Torture

thedinosaurkid's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book was pretty good. 
Obviously (or maybe not) I went into this comparing it to Hunger Games. It faired pretty well. If anything I probably liked it more. If you're looking for a book like Hunger Games but with more murder (first off get therapy), this is a good pick. It has the potential to be a 4-5 star read.
However, that is not what I'm giving it.
Despite the good characters, twists, and overall plot, this book was very obviously written in the 1990's (specifically 1999). There is major misogynistic language throughout the book. Nothing outright,

in fact there is a character who is shown to have horribly sexist thoughts, like  "women are property" type stuff. The author makes it clear that this is a horrible person.

but there is a lot of stuff like "oh I can never beat this boy because I'm a girl and girls are weak". It's not as overt as that but it conveys a similar message. 
Another reason for the rating is because of a specific chapter that follows a gay character and how homophobic it feels.

The gay character is described as following a character who is particularly brutal and looks like might win. The gay character is then described as having "stalker behavior" and being super feminine. The author mentions that he has the audacity to care about his looks during this murder game. He has a mirror that he holds to make sure he looks good.

Generally, the way this character is portrayed is very homophobic and uses lots of homophobic stereotypes. 
The plot is good, don't get me wrong, but its hard to ignore the misogynistic tones throughout the book. The ending was enjoyable and my attention was kept during the whole book but reading about "weak girls" really brought me out of the experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Child death, Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Torture, Stalking, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

iamariawithm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Murder, Violence, Gore, and Torture

leftovercarnage's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book lives up to its hype. The short and fast paced chapters pack a punch. It was one of those books that I couldn’t put down. Definitely a classic of the thriller horror genre and makes me want to read the manga. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gore, Car accident, Bullying, Body horror, and Blood

moonysbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing. FANTASTIC. 5 stars hands down, there was not a second that made me bored or wanting more, it is pure action from beginning till the end, and THE ENDING... Guys, it will not disappoint I swear, I was screaming!! I am a huuuuge fan of the hunger games so I wasn't surprised by the plot or the idea but it still was so different and yet so familiar and exactly what I wanted from this book. It's epic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Rape