Battle Royale
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4.2
(1.1K)
Koushun Takami
A class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided with weapons and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic.
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Author
Koushun Takami
Pages
617
Publisher
Gollancz
Published Date
2007
ISBN
0575080493 9780575080492
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"This book was impossible to put down. It was written with a movie in mind, so you can picture everything that's going on, but this may bother you if you don't like descriptions of fight scenes and gore. It is very fast-paced. Great plot-twist ending that cheers you up."
Darya 🖤
"DNF’d at 390 pages "
Kelli Santistevan
"I couldn't take a deep breath for all 627 pages of this book. This was absolutely insane! "
Hailey
"This book has a history of failures. Failures because of what content the story holds, the content in question being: A class of middle schoolers are kidnapped and forced to participate in a yearly game that is broadcasted on television, to kill each other until one is left standing. And in brutal bloody fashion, this book takes off.
This book isn't for the faint of heart as the depictions of the violence and gore are as stomach churning as the seemingly carefree, almost playful, style of writing is. At a certain point, I found myself thinking that the gore wasn't as bad as it was in the beginning, but then I came to the realization that the gore is still there. It's still terrifying. But, just like the kids in the story, I'm simply getting used to it. It tugged at my heart, poked at my brain, and forced me to hope beyond hope in the desperate situation of the story.
This story became the flagship of the "battle royale" genre of The Hunger Games and video games such as Fortnite. For anyone who loves a battle royale story, I recommend the one that started it all and, in my opinion, the one that continues to reign supreme. "
J M
Juan Mosqueda
"I really like lockdown right now. but I gotta say it's probably the champion series. or the divergent series"
onion
"A hunger games before hunger games, and even though stocked with children, it is no day in the park. Real pathos and loss, but quite worthwhile "
Jonathan
"Was on the edge of seat. Constantly horrified. Rotted my brain. Story effected me more because I read this when I was the same age as the characters (16/17). "
Eve Diane
"Probably one of my favorite books of all time and way better than the movie. Getting to see the perspective of more than just the final characters left me captivated and engaged all the way through!"
Kai Camille
