A review by tiepig
Battle Royale: Remastered by Koushun Takami

5.0

This was a lot better than I expected it to be - the controversy around it, plus the film and manga, made me think it wouldn't be much more than an a hyper-violent gorefest, but the gory concept took a backseat to a really interesting survival story with a lot of interesting characters. I have one fairly major objection;
SpoilerBulletproof vests DO NOT work like that, and the fact that one vest took at least 15-20 shots got really annoying after a while
, but on the whole this is one of the most enjoyable books I've ever read. It serves as further proof, if any were needed, that controversy around things like this should always be ignored.