Just like in a video game, Keiji keeps improving and improving with each continue until he becomes a formidable–nay, superhuman–force on the battlefield. I liked the book’s concepts: mecha “Jackets” that give soldiers super strength, an alien species terraforming Earth while we are still on it, time travel a la Groundhog Day, and a main character who dies over and over again. This might be due to translation, but a few things turned me off over and over again, as repetitively as Keiji’s time loop. The recent movie Edge of Tomorrow is based on it.Īs a story, “All You Need Is Kill” was very gripping, with quick pacing, unrelenting action, and an intriguing premise, but it was unevenly written. It tells the tale of Keiji, a soldier caught in a time loop that repeats every time he dies. All You Need Is Kill is a Japanese novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, translated by Alexander O. “All You Need Is Kill” by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.
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