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Stand-Alone 28, Part 2: Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
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This episode we’re discussing BATTLE ROYALE by Koushun Takami. This is the second of two episodes, this one deals with two characters who were damaged in different ways before the story begins.
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster
YEAR: 1999
LENGTH: 617 pages (19 hours 29 minutes)
AGE: Adult
GENRE: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Thriller
RECOMMENDED: Highly
Topic 1: Brain Damage. Begins at (1:35), CW for violence, car accident, medical trauma, child abuse, murder, child death, death.
Topic 2: Sexual Abuse. Begins at (24:12), CW for child abuse, sexual abuse, rape, murder, child death, death.
Promo for CPOV - RMC vs CG ; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (47:37).
Book TW for sexual content, cursing (graphic), ableism, mental illness, homophobia (brief), homophobic slurs (brief), sexism, misogyny, fatphobia (brief), bullying (graphic), drug use (smoking), kidnapping (graphic), confinement, child abuse (graphic), sexual harassment (graphic), sexual assault (threatened), rape (backstory), adult/minor relationship (backstory, non-consensual), vomit (graphic), blood (graphic), gore (graphic), violence (graphic), gun violence (graphic), medical content (graphic), murder (graphic), child death (graphic), death (graphic).
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