Battle Royale is a controversial dystopian novel that tells a story of class of high school students who part of totalitarian regime are pitted against each other on a deserted island for three days and only one can survive.
The novel has been highly criticized for its use of intense violence as it explains in graphic detail how each student hunts and kills another.
Fast paced and filled with adrenalin Battle Royale is a page turning science fiction thriller that does explore themes such as totalitarian governments, survival and competition in teenagers.
While being compared to Lord of the Flies and the Hunger Games this novel differentiates itself with its transgressive style becoming a contemporary transgressive classic.
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