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Death Note, Vol. 2

Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata (2005)

Subgenre
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages200 (Quick Read (<250))
SettingContemporary Earth
CSM age13
Goodreads4.47/5 (368203)

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Mass DeathManipulation

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Synopsis

Light Yagami, fils d'un policier, trouve dans la cour de son collège un curieux carnet : il s'agit du livre de Ryûk, un dieu de la mort. Il va vite découvrir son terrible pouvoir. S'il écrit le nom d'une personne dans ce livret, celle-ci meurt dans les minutes qui suivent, de cause naturelle.

Is Death Note, Vol. 2 appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

Death Note features a teenage protagonist who uses a supernatural notebook to kill criminals, raising mature themes of vigilante justice, moral corruption, and mass death. No sexual content, but the central premise involves recurring, consequence-free killing.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include mass death and manipulation.

Who'll love this

A gripping psychological thriller about a student who gains godlike power over life and death — and the dangerous choices that follow.

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mangapsychological thrillersupernaturalcat-and-mouse