Reviews - Battle Royale: Remastered

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Battle Royale: Remastered

Koushun Takami

4.21 AVERAGE

anat's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

littlefoxtale's review against another edition

4.0

4.5*

took me too long to read since previous reads have taken me two weeks max, but i have been busy. my opinions on this haven't changed much: it's a riveting read that's hard to put down. but at the same time, it's depressing as there's the constant reminder that these are kids forced to kill one another.

fascism destroys nations, people, souls. and unfortunately, the youth are some of the most vulnerable to the suffering that can occur under such regimes—and i think that's exemplified in the novel and all that occurs here. the characters here aren't all necessarily helpless kids but one thing is true: they are all victims of a system they cannot control.

kaymk's review against another edition

4.0

this one kid got wiped out with a machine gun and the author said the blood trail looked like the stripes on the American flag...... girl

um anyway good book

lilmck04's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

nikolad89's review

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

I like the action and how it can quickly get you to sympathise with or hate the characters, but it is very repetitive, like how everyone is defined by who their crush is, and we are often told information we already know.