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August 2014 Book Club - Advanced: 「All You Need is Kill」 by 桜坂洋 - Aikynaro - 2015-01-29
RandomQuotes Wrote:"Light Novel" just refers to a novel with a target audience or junior high or high school students, it has absolutely nothing to do with the perceived difficulty. Generally, they have some sort of manga-esque picture. I just checked my physical copy, it's got pictures roughly every 80 or so pages, plus from a marketing stand point the last page advertising All You Need is Kill 2 quotes "最強のライトノベル、続編準備中！",I know/fair enough. I wasn't aware that this was aimed at a junior/high school audience. Had the impression that it was intended to be a 'serious' science fiction book. I don't imagine seeing it in the 'light novel' section of the bookstore with an anime-style cover and all. But maybe my impression was wrong?
(I don't think having pictures are in general a sign of a light novel though)
Anyway, have just come across in a few places novels being randomly called 'light novels' and thought it was strange, generally speaking.
August 2014 Book Club - Advanced: 「All You Need is Kill」 by 桜坂洋 - RandomQuotes - 2015-01-29
Yea, I agree that the term tends to get over used alot, but this one totally has an anime style cover
![[Image: hyoshi_all_you_need_is_kill.jpg]](http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/icon/hyoshi_all_you_need_is_kill.jpg){kind=icon}
If you're in Japan, you'll find it in the Light Novel Section at Tsutaya.
August 2014 Book Club - Advanced: 「All You Need is Kill」 by 桜坂洋 - Aikynaro - 2015-01-29
Right, my bad. Looks like a light novel alright.