| | |  | SHOP BY TYPE | Home » » All You Need Is Kill | | | | | | | Description: | | L to R (Western Style). There’s one thing worse than dying. It’s coming back to do it again and again…When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On the 158th iteration though, he sees something different, something out of place: the female soldier known as the Bitch of War. Is the Bitch the key to Keiji’s escape, or to his final death? | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9781421527611
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Hiroshi Sakurazaka | | Paperback:
| 201 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| July 21, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1421527618 | | Product Length:
| 7.96 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.26 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.57 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.49 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.87 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.28 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.71 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.49 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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 Fun, fast, interestingJul 17, 2010
I read this 200-page book in less than a day. It's a very easy, quick read, but that's not to say it's not worthwhile. The time loop concept is handled very well, from the beginning of the book when the main character is still trying to figure out what's going on until the end of the book when he knows how to escape but isn't quite sure he wants to go through it. With each new revelation and each new trip through the same day, the story pulls you in just a little bit more.
The action and some of the more far-out elements (like the robotic suits they fight in and the goofy amphibious aliens) can seem a little hokey at times, but this is a fluff book, so don't go into it expecting Neuromancer and you'll be fine. It's the literary equivalent of a summer action movie, and it's a very good one at that.
 Very fluid story and a very strong character readMay 25, 2010
Caught word across Collider that the script by the same title had been sold to WB studios. I have to admit the title alone sold me on the book, and looking through the summery just prompted me to put the order in then and there.
Having read it over a couple times I have to say it's one of the better science fiction short stories out there. It's a brilliant blend of "Aliens", "Groundhogs Day", and battle mech. But the strongest part of the book is the character's growth from greenhorn to hardened veteran. In that it happens almost without you noticing it, as the progression moves very naturally and without those stand out scenes of "oh now he knows the tiger stance and now he knows the crane" etc. It's all through subtle changes in the language of the narrative that shifts the tone.
A very smooth and well developed short read. I would recommend this to anyone who's a fan of science fiction and action narratives.
Fast Fun ReadMar 20, 2010
This novel is almost written to be read in one sitting. I read it in 90 minutes, and cannot stop thinking about it. The language is simple, and tries to get out of the way of the story the author wants to write, which is a RPG-Shooter game in light novel format. While some reviewer complain about the ending, I have no issue with it.
I would love to see an anime adaptation of it.
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ExcellentFeb 09, 2010
It's too bad the English edition didn't keep the interior artwork from the original Japanese light novel. Even without it, this is an excellent book. Without giving away more than is on the back cover. Private Keiji is a green recruit, about to face his first battle against an implacable and incomprehensible alien foe. He dies, only to wake up and do it all over again. And again. And again. How many painful deaths can he face? Is he trapped alone in a personal hell, or is there a way out? The ending works quite well; like most good war novels, it refuses to allow an easy "and they all lived happily ever after!" cop-out.
Really, the point of the book is about suffering, and how people face it. The old saying is that "a coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies only once". But not poor Keiji: whether a hero or a coward, he dies over and over and over...
Very enjoyableFeb 07, 2010
I bought this book without expecting too much but the final conclusion is that it was definitely a good choice. It is simple yet interesting.
The idea of the main character having to fight the exactly same fight over and over again and suffering the mental stress of knowing that he is going to die every day, is really amazing. What can you do today in order to survive the next fight? How can little things change dramatically if you have to repeat them a hundred times? And don't forget the most important fact, the feeling that your are completely alone and without help.
I really recommend this book if you want to spent a little of your time reading something that will not let you down.
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