katscribefever 's review for:

Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka

2.0

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Would not have had any interest in this novel were it not for the film adaptation coming out later this summer, and now that I've read the book I'm somewhat wary about the movie's casting choices. Having said that, this book didn't move like a bullet train for me, but I am glad nevertheless to have finished it. I do expect that the film will likely put this on the screen as a bang-bang action flick, but Kōtarō Isaka's novel actually deals with some very significant, poignant aspects of humanity.