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オイレンシュピーゲル [Eulen Spiegel] (Novel) #2
オイレンシュピーゲル壱 Ｂｌａｃｋ ＆ Ｒｅｄ ＆ Ｗｈｉｔｅ (角川スニーカー文庫)
「なんか世界とか救いてぇ――」。あらゆるテロや犯罪が多発し『ロケットの街』とまで渾名される国際都市ミリオポリスに、「黒犬」「紅犬」「白犬」と呼ばれる3人の少女がいた。彼女たちはこの街の治安を守るケルベルス遊撃小隊。飼い主たる警察組織MPBからの無線通信「全頭出撃！」を合図に、最強武器を呼び込み機械の手足を自由自在に操り、獲物たる凶悪犯罪者に襲いかかる！ 『天地明察』で2010年本屋大賞第１位を獲得した冲方丁の、衝撃的ライトノベル第1弾！
277 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2010
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Tow Ubukata
89 books16 followersUBUKATA Tow: 冲方 丁
He used to live in Nepal and Singapore. His favorite movie directors are: Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Lars von Trier and Guy Ritchie.
He used to live in Nepal and Singapore. His favorite movie directors are: Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Lars von Trier and Guy Ritchie.
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September 26, 2024
DNF around 75%.
Our main characters are three teenage girls that belong to a police force which uses futuristic technology. The three of them have mechanized body parts, and thanks to instantaneous "recalling" tech, they can be provided with strong body armor powering their up their roles as a strong close-quarters brawler, a deadly sniper and a lackadaisy steel-wire user respectively.
In this book, they each get involved in cases which reveal how they got into the police force and what they fight for. The hot-blooded brawler's story was passionate and straightforward enough, the detached and manipulative sniper's story was so dull I had to force myself to read it to the end, and by the time the quirky steel-wire user started, I didn't see any improvement so I just had to drop it.
Also, I don't usually bring up writing style, but the author employs unusual symbols as shorthand, like literally writing "Suzutsuki + Kagero — clapping" or "Yugiri = impressed", or using "/" (slash) when describing different parts of a person's look or different beats in an action scene. I honestly can't come up with any reason why a writer would use *less* words to weave a story, yet I can easily think up adjectives to describe the resulting effect, such as "boring", "uninspired" or "lazy".
Our main characters are three teenage girls that belong to a police force which uses futuristic technology. The three of them have mechanized body parts, and thanks to instantaneous "recalling" tech, they can be provided with strong body armor powering their up their roles as a strong close-quarters brawler, a deadly sniper and a lackadaisy steel-wire user respectively.
In this book, they each get involved in cases which reveal how they got into the police force and what they fight for. The hot-blooded brawler's story was passionate and straightforward enough, the detached and manipulative sniper's story was so dull I had to force myself to read it to the end, and by the time the quirky steel-wire user started, I didn't see any improvement so I just had to drop it.
Also, I don't usually bring up writing style, but the author employs unusual symbols as shorthand, like literally writing "Suzutsuki + Kagero — clapping" or "Yugiri = impressed", or using "/" (slash) when describing different parts of a person's look or different beats in an action scene. I honestly can't come up with any reason why a writer would use *less* words to weave a story, yet I can easily think up adjectives to describe the resulting effect, such as "boring", "uninspired" or "lazy".
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