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Battle Royale

Koushun Takami

4.21 AVERAGE


violence was good but the ending sucked and there was too much sexism. also a bunch of slurs that didn't need to be there.
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark 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: Yes

me at the end:
challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark sad tense 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: Complicated

Un capolavoro senza nessuna necessità di presentazione. Sono contenta di avere deciso di rileggerlo perché a distanza di molti anni e centinaia di altri libri me lo ricordavo molto vagamente. Bellissimo e spietato

Decent story but sadly because it was translated I had a hard time with the names. I could not keep the 40 students straight to save my life.
adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Me ha encantado el detalle con el que el autor describía los momentos gore y las muertes de los personajes, probablemente una de mis cosas favoritas junto con como se desarrolla la historia a lo largo del libro, incluyendo algunos puntos de tuerca que quedaron muy bien. Aparte de que creo que incluir tantos POV intercalados ayuda mucho a que no se haga pesado sin ser a su vez un lío.

El fallo que le encuentro no sé si es atribuible tanto a la forma de escribir del autor como a la traducción al castellano del libro, que deja un poco que desear a momentos. Por ejemplo: varias faltas ortográficas, construcción de frases malas o muy forzadas o incluso escribir un nombre de manera distinta en una misma página al cambiarle alguna vocal.

En general es un muy buen libro, realmente entretenido y sin duda muy recomendable.
dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The last 2 sections pulled this up from a 3 to more of a 4 for me. The writing style picked up and became more colourful and more of a story told than just a retelling of events.

The translation was good but I’m not sure if that became a hindrance of sorts and if it left wanting for some of the language from the original. 

Worth reading if you like Japanese media and the tropes that come with that. The story is still engaging but the prose and writing felt rather straight for the most part.