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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
felt like i was literally reading an anime this was awesome. despite the large amount of students i didn’t feel overwhelmed trying to keep track who was who and where and what everyone was doing. extremely interesting social and historical commentary. can’t wait to watch the movie now.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It’s absolutely a genre defining book, paved the way for the hunger games and many more. That being said I found it lacklustre in some area. The concept is peak dystopian would not recommend if the current political climate is already stressing you out, with characters so indoctrinated into it they register the program as an inconvenience « oh too bad the school trip is gonna end up with all of us dead », very chilling way too real. But the characters don’t live up to the plot, I found them to be an archetype and not much else. The antagonists especially, whether it’s the mean girl with a traumatic past who becomes a « femme fatale » or the empty guy who turns into a cold blooded monster because he’s bored and even the executive who oversees it all who’s at his core an unhinged power drunk employee.
Overall 5/5 for concept and plot
But 2/5 for characters, I get that they’re middle schoolers but kawada and mimura have a personality so no excuse for the rest of them to be cardboard cutouts of people
Overall 5/5 for concept and plot
But 2/5 for characters, I get that they’re middle schoolers but kawada and mimura have a personality so no excuse for the rest of them to be cardboard cutouts of people
Entre las cosas que no me gustaron de esta obra maestra sería que es demasiado extenso y al principio me fuen un poco dificil familiarizarme con los nombres de cada uno por lo que no podia coger el hilo de las escenas de acción .
Por otro lado, me parece que el libro es suficientemente crudo en aspectos que lo necesitan como la amistad, la confianza, los asuntos relacionados al gobierno que claramente como dijo Shogo, se necesitaria una guerra o revolución para que algo pueda cambiar.
Sus personajes se desarrollan muy bien y los que sobresalen les dan el trasfondo que necesitan, además, los plot twist son muy buenos porque habia partes que podia predecir pero el autor volvia a dar un giro en donde no se lo imaginaban.
Mi personaje favorito fue Shogo y Mitsuko por el gran desarrollo que tuvieron aunque ninguno de los dos ganaron creo que la escena de Noriko y Shuya corriendo hacia adelante en la estación de tren perseguidos por un policia y con los pensamientos de Shuya al fondo de la escena fue mas que satisfactoria para dar un final digno.
Por otro lado, me parece que el libro es suficientemente crudo en aspectos que lo necesitan como la amistad, la confianza, los asuntos relacionados al gobierno que claramente como dijo Shogo, se necesitaria una guerra o revolución para que algo pueda cambiar.
Sus personajes se desarrollan muy bien y los que sobresalen les dan el trasfondo que necesitan, además, los plot twist son muy buenos porque habia partes que podia predecir pero el autor volvia a dar un giro en donde no se lo imaginaban.
Mi personaje favorito fue Shogo y Mitsuko por el gran desarrollo que tuvieron aunque ninguno de los dos ganaron creo que la escena de Noriko y Shuya corriendo hacia adelante en la estación de tren perseguidos por un policia y con los pensamientos de Shuya al fondo de la escena fue mas que satisfactoria para dar un final digno.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
that was kinda crazy ngl but at least shuya and noriko are okay!!!! (not forgiving shoto and shinji for dying though)
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was a slog. There are 42 characters and the author wanted every character to have their death scene front and center, even replaying scenes from that character's POV.
I did the audiobook and I could not keep the vast cast of characters separated. I'm not Japanese and I had a hard time differentiating the names.
The book is quite repetitive, character gets together with another student, says I'm not playing the game, proceeds to play the game and kill the other character. Some of the set pieces were fun though, the girls in the lighthouse, the student who was tricked into going to the off limits zone, and the girl who used sex to trick another student.
The parts where the book did best was when we got info as to why this Battle Royale happens and what is going on with this dystopian Near East Asian government. I wish we got more of this. Maybe the author was directing criticisms towards Japanese society, but I just don't have those cultural touch stones.
I did the audiobook and I could not keep the vast cast of characters separated. I'm not Japanese and I had a hard time differentiating the names.
The book is quite repetitive, character gets together with another student, says I'm not playing the game, proceeds to play the game and kill the other character. Some of the set pieces were fun though, the girls in the lighthouse, the student who was tricked into going to the off limits zone, and the girl who used sex to trick another student.
The parts where the book did best was when we got info as to why this Battle Royale happens and what is going on with this dystopian Near East Asian government. I wish we got more of this. Maybe the author was directing criticisms towards Japanese society, but I just don't have those cultural touch stones.
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated