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A review by danscoada
Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Oh boy I really didn’t like this. I wish I DNFed, but there was enough to keep me going and I intend on watching the movie soon, so I pushed through in order to make accurate comparisons.
I hated all of the characters. Obviously they’re not meant to be good people, but I mean that I hated how they were written. Tangerine and his EXCESSIVE goings-on about Thomas and Friends started as endearing but turned out to be just incredibly annoying, regardless of how it served the plot in the end. The Prince was just awful. He’s meant to be, but instead of finding his mindset and philosophies interesting, I mostly found them to be irritating.I don’t think I’ve ever rooted for a child to be killed before, but I’m very disappointed we didn’t get the satisfaction of seeing him killed. Nanao was fine, but he couldn’t shut up about his bad luck. It was important for it to be established, but unnecessary to be mentioned on every single page. Yuichi Kimura was the one I felt the most sympathy for.
Ultimately I was left feeling underwhelmed with the ending and feeling like I wasted my time.
I hated all of the characters. Obviously they’re not meant to be good people, but I mean that I hated how they were written. Tangerine and his EXCESSIVE goings-on about Thomas and Friends started as endearing but turned out to be just incredibly annoying, regardless of how it served the plot in the end. The Prince was just awful. He’s meant to be, but instead of finding his mindset and philosophies interesting, I mostly found them to be irritating.
Ultimately I was left feeling underwhelmed with the ending and feeling like I wasted my time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Torture
Minor: Child death, Sexism, and Fatphobia