All You Need Is Kill
Anything that moves is an enemy. So don't move, just die!; There's one thing worse than dying. It's coming back to do it again and again...; Beware the Bitch of War!; Defeat in death. Victory in rebirth.
When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally--the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?
When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally--the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?
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I love the first half. Some of the most engaging stuff I've read in fiction. I was obsessed with everything. The military base, aliens, time loop, battles, characters. All details were engaging. It was basically the movie which I also loved.
The second half I must admit drags. Rita is already a super soldier. Her story is not engaging as there is no development. We get a full background story telling us about her family, childhood, military career. Awfully pointless as we are in the battle for Earth to survive. Do we need a long flashback? At this point the book slows down to a crawl. The simple writing style made the first half brisk then ruins the last half as we don't really understand enough details to keep engaged. This is frankly how all time loop books work. Second half is always bad. The movie took the great first half then fixed the ending.
It's a nice little read. The first half is amazing making me think Japanese writers could pull off something truly spectacular yet I'm not familiar with their books just yet.
The second half I must admit drags. Rita is already a super soldier. Her story is not engaging as there is no development. We get a full background story telling us about her family, childhood, military career. Awfully pointless as we are in the battle for Earth to survive. Do we need a long flashback? At this point the book slows down to a crawl. The simple writing style made the first half brisk then ruins the last half as we don't really understand enough details to keep engaged. This is frankly how all time loop books work. Second half is always bad. The movie took the great first half then fixed the ending.
It's a nice little read. The first half is amazing making me think Japanese writers could pull off something truly spectacular yet I'm not familiar with their books just yet.
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