Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

33 reviews

axeles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i read this in class very long ago but i remember really enjoying it. not that it has any bearing on the book but the movie is ok too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, and Abandonment

thearchivist03's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I deduct 0.5 a star because realistically, all these kids should've died in that fucking plane, and then this whole situation would've been avoided. Also, there's no women or girls, and I can't tell if that's a good or bad thing. I got an 85 on my paper about this book. I should've gotten a 90, but apparently, my evidence wasn't enough. Fuck you, Golding. -0.5 stars for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

If you're wondering about any specifics, during one of the campfire scenes, there is a boy who rapes the dead pig on a spit. It's still debated if it actually happened, but majority of theories say yes. Lots of power dynamics really heavily learning into mob mentality and manipulation. The physical abuse are performed by the boys onto other boys. It never brinks onto anything sexual, though those topics do come up during analysis of the book.

eurydice_books_09's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

lotus440's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

roadki77's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

A lot of wording choices in this novel came off as odd or creepy, and the plot was very scattered. Some good funny moments. Unrealistic behavior.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

teaxmillions's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia

i_island's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, and Gaslighting

milichka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

ulogil's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

By the end, I didn't think any of them diserved that ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

tereberk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and War