And the twist ending caught me somewhat by surprise. The story never lets up, despite the fact that the two days (the day before and day of the battle) are on an endless loop until either Keiji or the Mimics succeed. Obviously this sounds a lot like the Bill Murray film Groundhog Day, just with less Bill Murray and more giant robots trying to destroy the planet. Keiji Kiriya is a new recruit, but in his first battle he gets caught in the loop, and he is able to alter the future by learning from his mistakes. These robots have a special trick they use to help them win battles: they can send a signal back in time to allow time loops to play out until they win. The premise for the book (and film) is that Earth has been invaded by terraforming robots – Mimics – who are preparing the planet for an alien race to come live here. I haven’t watched the film yet, but have heard very good things, which makes sense, since this is a very good book. People may be aware of All You Need Is Kill because of the film adaptation starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, retitled Edge of Tomorrow because ‘kill’ had such negative connotations. Maybe we should get James Patterson to churn out a few dozen this year, or maybe someone can point me in the direction of a few dozen authors like Hiroshi Sakurazaka. I’m not sure that there are enough sci-fi thrillers out there. I wonder how similar those two will be?Īll You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka Interestingly, Hiroshi is writing a Manga sequel and they’ve announced a movie sequel. Admittedly, watching Tom Cruise kill Emily Blunt would have had audiences outraged (#TeamBlunt) but I’m sure they could have deus ex machina-d something better than what was served up. The way the movie ended was the equivalent of “it was all a dream”, whilst the book ending had consequence and substance. I said in my review of the film that they should have stuck with the book’s ending. The biggest difference between the two is the ending.
A film starring Tom Cruise is always going to have a Hollywood glamour to it that a novel can dispense with. Edge of Tomorrow flirts with comedy, while anything with the title All You Need Is Kill is clearly going to have a darker tone. Whilst there are major similarities between the two, they are quite different. I read the light novel of All You Need Is Kill before watching the movie. Unfortunately I haven’t read the Manga, which appears to have some differences between it and the novel.
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