Not a fanI didn't DNF and I finished it and I actually do regret not DNFing it because it did not get better for me. I hoped that it would and it would be like worth it at the end, but it was not.
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Battle royale (1999)
Others: Mostly positive Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan--where it became a runaway best seller--Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world.
- ISBN:
- 9781421565989
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- 621 pages
Genres: fantasy, science fiction, thriller, graphic novel
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Loved itit was also so much more for me what really brought the story to life is even though it has so many characters the author spends a remarkable amount of time really developing each one
Loved itI was absolutely addicted to reading this. At the time, I got through these 600 pages in just under three days, so I think that goes to show how glued I was to this.
Loved itThis is very brutal it is about a School which Gets selected to go and take part in this sort of Trial type thing and they basically have to Kill each other. I really enjoyed it was very Fast paced i read it really quickly and really interesting.