86 [Eighty-Six] Vol. 1

Highly recommended, but didn't live up to the hype. The YA dystopian beats are all there right where you expect them to be. Nothing really new is added or explored. Suffers from the same 1 line of dialogue for every 3 paragraphs of exposition explaining that dialogue that a lot of light novel writers fall prey to. You can easily skim this book and miss nothing if you've seen any dystopian film or anime. The epilogue actually sounds like a cool concept, and I would have liked to have read that book. Except that epilogue to the epilogue slams it right back into predictable tropes in preparation for a sequel.

One of the best LNs. A very interesting premise and a heart touching story just brought a little bit down by the usual LN shenanigans and the awkward prose (too young protags, girls "kyaaaaaa!"ing, awkward descriptions etc). Recommended for a light read

TBC