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electraheart's review against another edition
4.0
Maybe it was a bad idea to read this immediately after finishing the manga series. It wasn't as great as I thought it would be. As much as I adore L, this book does him no justice. The writing is sloppy (spelling errors, random scene jumps) and it's hard to visualize everything. That aside, I really love this story. The biggest thing was learning more about L's past, so I'm glad some of that is revealed.
chelsealouise's review against another edition
4.0
4.5/5: ‘Death Note: L, Change the World’ is a Young Adult, Mystery Light Novel by M; L, the ace detective's name has been placed in a Death Note. With twenty-three days to live; he must bring a Terrorist Group to justice, or they will unleash a deadly virus, eradicating humanity. In an alternate continuity to the Manga series ‘Death Note’ by Tsugumi Ohba; the unidentified author ‘M’, novelised the original Movie, poignantly detailing the events in a lighter, and fast-paced style. The given name of the author is 'M', which suggests that Mello wrote it. It is in his font and it is his pseudonym. But this can't be the end of the story. Mello might blaze from the Death Note pages, larger than life and twice as bold, but he's still fundamentally a fictitious character. He patently had some help in the penmanship in the structure and word choice. Unfortunately, the light novel is either a ‘hit or miss’ with the audience; fortunately, I adore the literary format, along with the whole collection of story-formats. Keeping this review short maintains the mystery; I highly recommend reading the original Manga before delving into the Movie adaptations, Anime and essentially the light novels – Classic!
mads_jpg's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
2.75
Clearly written by a man.
fromthepinnacletothepit's review against another edition
5.0
Some of the characterization is Wack and L is big time idealized and made to seem like hes a genuinely good guy, which hes rly not. The plot also isnt too easy to follow. BUT I do love L and i love having more content and even though most of this book and movie is a certified acid trip, its definitely fun. L spends 99% of the time big depressed abt Lights death, which was my favorite part all in all. Its a tragic lawlight field day. So 5 stars for that!!
whitelaceandstrange's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
As a Death Note fan, this book was a highly satisfying read. This is for anyone looking for an alternate ending to Death Note /a different take on how things could have happened. Also for anyone whose favorite character from the series is L.
internpepper's review against another edition
3.0
My first light novel. This is an alternate timeline based on one of my favorite anime series and characters. The usual wit and mentally thinking several steps ahead from Death Note are present here and L is written as more of a protective character as he has someone to help in this story. The dialogue felt like it was from a manga or anime, which doesn’t always translate well to novels, but it was mostly fine. Besides a plot twist at the end, it was generally predictable, but the ending was touching and well done. Overall, I’m glad I started light novels with this one.
amywiley's review against another edition
3.0
I have put this book on hold as I originally thought that it would start around the same point as the anime series did. I haven't finished watching Death Note yet so I am left very confused. I will definitely come back to this book when I have finished the show though!
vansunshine's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
2.0
phee's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't enjoy this one as much as the BB murder book. This was alright and it was good to be back in the Death Note world again. But I did find it to be a bit boring at times. It's probably not one that I'm going to be rereading in the future, unlike the BB one.