Battle Royale. It’s an intricately crafted novel that has relatively meaningful and deep themes without sacrificing readability. It’s a very strong read from beginning to end, and it’s basically inspired the genre including Hunger Games, even if Suzanne Collins never read it– it’s just that culturally significant.
Edit: I’ll also add that while the novels themes are intended for a Japanese audience, the unfortunate truth is what capitalism affects many countries in similar ways, as well as many of the other issues dealt with in the novel. So many themes will resonate well even with readers not extensively familiar with Japanese culture.
Lord of the Flies isn’t really in the battle Royale genre and it’s themes have lost so much meaning over the years that the interpretation of the book has shifted completely and it’s just feels very hateful to read at times.
Hunger Games is fun and light but wears its flaws on its sleeves, and the books get worse as it goes on.
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Battle Royale. It’s an intricately crafted novel that has relatively meaningful and deep themes without sacrificing readability. It’s a very strong read from beginning to end, and it’s basically inspired the genre including Hunger Games, even if Suzanne Collins never read it– it’s just that culturally significant.
Edit: I’ll also add that while the novels themes are intended for a Japanese audience, the unfortunate truth is what capitalism affects many countries in similar ways, as well as many of the other issues dealt with in the novel. So many themes will resonate well even with readers not extensively familiar with Japanese culture.
Lord of the Flies isn’t really in the battle Royale genre and it’s themes have lost so much meaning over the years that the interpretation of the book has shifted completely and it’s just feels very hateful to read at times.
Hunger Games is fun and light but wears its flaws on its sleeves, and the books get worse as it goes on.