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A review by hungryeurydice
Battle Royale, Vol. 06 by Masayuki Taguchi, Koushun Takami, Keith Giffen, Tomo Iwo
3.0
I still can't decide whether I love this book or hate it.
I mean, I love the way it is written, and the characters are thought-provoking and complex. But at the exact same time, I HATED it.
I think it's because the book messes with your head. It starts to make you unsympathetic to these 13 and 14 year olds killing each other in unimaginably cruel ways. You care only about what happens to the three main characters. And that's messed up. Everything "The Hunger Games" is presented as by the media, this book is, but tenfold, and 6 years earlier.
Overall, this book is extremely interesting, but incredibly fucked up in so many ways. I don't know if I would recommend it or not.
I mean, I love the way it is written, and the characters are thought-provoking and complex. But at the exact same time, I HATED it.
I think it's because the book messes with your head. It starts to make you unsympathetic to these 13 and 14 year olds killing each other in unimaginably cruel ways. You care only about what happens to the three main characters. And that's messed up. Everything "The Hunger Games" is presented as by the media, this book is, but tenfold, and 6 years earlier.
Overall, this book is extremely interesting, but incredibly fucked up in so many ways. I don't know if I would recommend it or not.