I'm writing my book report on Battle Royale by
Koushun Takami. Koushun Takimi is a Japanese author and journalist who wrote:
Battle Royale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale
)
Battle Royale Ultimate Edition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale_%28manga%29)
Battle Royale: Angel's Border (http://battleroyale.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_Royale:Angels%27_Border)
Battle Royale is the main book, while the
ultimate edition is a manga following a simular plot of the novel. Angel's
Border is a manga that adapts the lighthouse scene in the Battle Royale novel
that were not included in the original manga.
The summery is about a boy named Shuya Nanahara,
a regular student who is one of the 41 students in third year class-B in
Shiroiwa Junior High school. He is a regular student, riding on a bus on a
class trip when it all turns bad as the bus gets gassed. They are taken to a
deserted island and wake up with strange collars on their necks. They learn that their class was selected to
be part of the ruthless authoritarian program that happens every year, Battle
Royale. The rules of the game are simple: each student is given a bag of
supplies (including a bottle of water, map, loaf of bread, and a random weapon)
and is forced to kill each other until one student survives. If three days pass
and there is more then one survior, then the collars around the survivors necks
will detonate and kill the remaining students. Before the game began Shuya's
friend is shot after attempting to attack the program supervisor, and Noriko
Nakagawa (who was seated behind him) runs towards him, which turned out to be a
mistake as the supervisor shot her in the calf. As the game began, Shuya teams
up with Noriko (who was wounded) and both agree that the game is wrong and they
should escape. But the bad turns to worse as they realise that students were
actually playing. After teaming up with Shogo Kawada, a previous Battle Royale
victor, the book is about their journey trying to escape and surviving the
three days they have.
I recommend this book
because I found it very fast paced, action packed, and it kept me hooked until
the very end. I would suggest the book to people who like thrillers, action,
violence, or want a book that is like Hunger Games, only less character
development and more action. This book is one of Japan's best selling and most
controversial novels, which later was turned into a movie that is one of the
ten highest-grossing films in Japan, and released in 22 countries worldwide.
Overall this book is one of the best I've read, especially since I normally
don't like thrillers.
Book Review by Rayanne D.
