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agathe_athena's review
4.0
So good. Slightly different than the movie that is based on it, and better because of its differences. It's a short read, but very good in it's brevity.
robsainz's review
5.0
La "inpiración" de Edge of Tomorrow, pero es lo suficientemente distinto como para poderse disfrutar por separado. Eso sí, está mucho mejor manejado el final, aunque no es un "final" tal cual. Menos humor, un poco más oscuro y violento.
jennifer_anne3's review against another edition
4.0
It took me a long time to focus on this book but that was because of me, not the book. This book is a trip and once I just settled down to read it, I loved it.
mreiki's review against another edition
1.0
I almost did not finish this.
This book didn't do anything new or interesting with the (scifi) war novel or the time loop narrative. And the gender dynamics and especially that ending did nothing to improve my opinion.
This book didn't do anything new or interesting with the (scifi) war novel or the time loop narrative. And the gender dynamics and especially that ending did nothing to improve my opinion.
elleyureled's review
5.0
I am kind of a sucker for this time loop concept as a whole. Of the movie, the manga, and the novel, I enjoyed the book the most because of all the little nuances that can only be captured in this format. But all three brought something to the story.
writegeist's review
4.0
A quick, fun read filled with all sorts of military weapons and battle suits! Who can say that they don't want one of those things? It'll be interesting to see how they adapt it for the new Tom Cruise movie (the main reason why I wanted to read it).
juushika's review
4.0
3.5 stars. This is the inspiration for the film Edge of Tomorrow: A Japanese grunt soldier in a war against extraterrestrials finds himself trapped in a time loop until he can figure out how to, literally, win the day. It's a light novel, which means: short length, abrupt voice, and exaggerated, tropey characterization, particularly in the female characters. It's very readable - light novels often are - are more than a little cringey.
But I'm a sucker for time loops, and this sure is one. The sci-fi justification for it gets messy, but the protagonist's relationship with his loop is joylessly pragmatic, intruded upon by crucial, unwelcome, distinctly non-pragmatic social elements. The film adaptation is particularly invested in the asymmetrical social experience of a time loop; the book, too, but its questions and answers are different, which makes the two "versions" of this narrative both worth checking out. I liked this! The loop is well-paced, willing to skip ahead and take shortcuts, and the book really hits its stride when Rita is brought into the (haha, pun intended:) loop.
But I'm a sucker for time loops, and this sure is one. The sci-fi justification for it gets messy, but the protagonist's relationship with his loop is joylessly pragmatic, intruded upon by crucial, unwelcome, distinctly non-pragmatic social elements. The film adaptation is particularly invested in the asymmetrical social experience of a time loop; the book, too, but its questions and answers are different, which makes the two "versions" of this narrative both worth checking out. I liked this! The loop is well-paced, willing to skip ahead and take shortcuts, and the book really hits its stride when Rita is brought into the (haha, pun intended:) loop.
corvy707's review
2.0
2.5
I tend to steer clear of popcorn flicks when I'm watching a film - give me Bergman over Bay any day - so despite finding out about All You Need Is Kill when its Hollywood adaptation came out under the name of Edge of Tomorrow, not only have I still never watched the latter, but it took me nine whole years to get around to the former despite a latent interest. It was, ultimately, everything I thought it'd be. This is, to coin a term, popcorn-flickerature at either its zenith or nadir depending on what you dig. The author himself admits in the afterword that it's built largely upon his feelings playing video games! You're not going to find any conscious meaning in this, even if you're angling for something as shallow as 'war is bad'. As much as I'd love it to have more substance, I can definitely still dig that. And did I?
Sometimes. At points, All You Need Is Kill is a very smart little sci-fi story that knows the natural creative fun of making rules and then prodding at them. At other points, it's trying to pull off character drama and (with some exceptions) flopping miserably. It's neutered on several counts - (1) that fixation on boobs that punctuates every female character's introduction, (2) a failure to overcome the obvious impediment towards any characters developing a rapport (though it does succeed to some extent with Shasta), and (3) disinterest from Sakurazaka, who seems to want to get back to the action at any given moment of silence.
To be fair, that last bit is probably exacerbated by the translation. Half the dialogue is peppered with unnatural 'fuck's that were obviously an attempt to transcribe tone from an overzealous translator. You have to make hard decisions as a translater, I understand that, but the decisions made here just weren't ones that agreed with me. And anyway, a tailored translation wouldn't solve much. This is, in the end, a book you read to get excited by the action and try not too think too much about leaps in logic or questionable character development. It's fine, but I'll save my popcorn for the next showing from Homer or Stoker.
I tend to steer clear of popcorn flicks when I'm watching a film - give me Bergman over Bay any day - so despite finding out about All You Need Is Kill when its Hollywood adaptation came out under the name of Edge of Tomorrow, not only have I still never watched the latter, but it took me nine whole years to get around to the former despite a latent interest. It was, ultimately, everything I thought it'd be. This is, to coin a term, popcorn-flickerature at either its zenith or nadir depending on what you dig. The author himself admits in the afterword that it's built largely upon his feelings playing video games! You're not going to find any conscious meaning in this, even if you're angling for something as shallow as 'war is bad'. As much as I'd love it to have more substance, I can definitely still dig that. And did I?
Sometimes. At points, All You Need Is Kill is a very smart little sci-fi story that knows the natural creative fun of making rules and then prodding at them. At other points, it's trying to pull off character drama and (with some exceptions) flopping miserably. It's neutered on several counts - (1) that fixation on boobs that punctuates every female character's introduction, (2) a failure to overcome the obvious impediment towards any characters developing a rapport (though it does succeed to some extent with Shasta), and (3) disinterest from Sakurazaka, who seems to want to get back to the action at any given moment of silence.
To be fair, that last bit is probably exacerbated by the translation. Half the dialogue is peppered with unnatural 'fuck's that were obviously an attempt to transcribe tone from an overzealous translator. You have to make hard decisions as a translater, I understand that, but the decisions made here just weren't ones that agreed with me. And anyway, a tailored translation wouldn't solve much. This is, in the end, a book you read to get excited by the action and try not too think too much about leaps in logic or questionable character development. It's fine, but I'll save my popcorn for the next showing from Homer or Stoker.
jankybarns's review
4.0
Very quick, very fun read. I picked this up after hearing about it from the Adam Savage podcast. It's not high literature or anything, but just a very fun sci-fi romp, and hey, that ain't bad.