Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

106 reviews

lvtvl's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.25


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ren95's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0


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rjbennett07's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5


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genderspookies's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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saradj's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Like the original Hunger Games, except instead of strangers it’s a middle school class forced to kill each other…

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lithiumlips's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The precursor and inspiration to The Hunger Games never fails. I’ve been reading this book for decades and never fail to feel the hopelessness, the resilience, the humanity of the students. This is a beautiful novel that uses dystopian policies and government to put the most human high school students against each other. It compels you to try and think of a way to escape as you go on this journey with them. The violence is present and chaotic, but it fully immerses you in classic Japanese horror writing. 

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aligorical's review against another edition

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dark sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0


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effys's review against another edition

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4.25

I don’t think I’ve ever read anything quite so worthy of a high page count, there was constantly something happening and the tension this book built was immense. 
I definitely struggled with all the different characters early on in the book but as it went on it got easier to differentiate them. 

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alexander15's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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jrod9291's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5


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