Battle Royale

[kuroi_shi]

.. The premise:
42 high school students are sent to a deserted island, given weapons, and told to kill each other, or be killed themselves.. Only one person can survive....

Battle Royale is originally japanese, but it's been translated.. It's a really good story.. Though, it is one of the most controversial things ever written in Japan..
Has anyone read it? .. what do you think?

[MaWeasley]

My 15 year old son read this--I did not preview it or even look much at it. I was just happy he had chosen to read something, as reading is a passion of mine that not too many of my children have acquired. His Principal at school happened to see him reading this book in study hall, took a look at it and asked him if his parents knew he was reading such a book! My son was pretty upset for a while thinking I would get a talking to from the Principal, but she never called.

My son enjoyed the book and it didn't turn him into a killer any more than Lord of the Flies (which I had to read in high school as an assigned text) did me.

[snapegirl]

Didn't they make a movie of this? I saw a movie with the same title and plot. It was a great movie. Who's the author of the book? I would love to read it.

[Raven_Girly]

I saw the film which was good but I'm not sure that I'd be keen to read the book. Too many violent killings for me, I think. For some reason I handle a gory movie better than a gory book.

[kuroi_shi]

Originally Posted by snapegirl77

Didn't they make a movie of this? I saw a movie with the same title and plot. It was a great movie. Who's the author of the book? I would love to read it.

Yea, it was made into a movie.. The book is so much better though.. A lot more background info on the characters, and the ending is a bit different..
But, it's written by Koushun Takami, and published by "Viz"
.. There are a few grammatical errors in the book from the translation (It was originally Japanese)