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A crazy ride with an awesome ending! Ok, so in an embarrassing turn of events, I had no idea that this best-seller even existed until it became a movie. Even then , I wasn't clever enough to realize it had been based on a book. I just happened upon it because my library had it advertised on the front Leggi tutto

I wish I could tell you I didn’t choose to read Bullet Train because it’s being adapted into a “major motion picture” starring Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Joey King, and Lady Gaga, but that would be a lie and I wouldn’t do you like that. The book itself is the translation of an uber-popular Japanese Leggi tutto

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¡Me ha encantado! En esta novela encontraréis un puñado de asesinos a sueldo dentro de en un tren bala haciendo lo que mejor saben hacer, un misterioso maletín y unos diálogos ingeniosos que aportan frescura y un toque de chispa al conjunto. Como lector yo también he sentido que viajaba en un tren bal Leggi tutto

An inconsistent book, with absurd characters, unlikely situations and dialogues that seem to be thrown there at random, as they came to mind to a drunk author. I really can't understand how, and why, a reader would have to force himself to get to the end of such an absurd book; I, barely halfway thr Leggi tutto

3/3.5 Stars Thanks V for the book recommendation! I’ll definitely watch the movie when it comes out! I’m interested to see how they will portray the humour...for example will they use the same names (the Prince, Lemon and Tangerine) and the same references to Thomas the Tank Engine. What I enjoyed: • I Leggi tutto

If you look for cinematic correspondences, then Tarantino, the Coen brothers, Luc Besson. If genre, then guignol, If literary - oddly enough, Agatha Christie with "Murder on the Orient Express". And all this will give only the most superficial idea of the "Bullet Train". Another important aspect: re Leggi tutto