Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

40 reviews

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, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Blood and War

gabrielleclarke05's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Toxic friendship, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sssssoup's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

0.25

Most upsetting thing I’ve ever read in my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent

juliannem's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Animal death, Bullying, Body horror, Blood, Gore, and Torture

kelseyr713's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I managed to go into The Lord of the Flies completely unspoiled, save for the presence of the conch. I had no idea that it was set in a near-future post-apocalyptic scenario, and immediately went to Wikipedia to get much-needed context for when it was written (and was interested to find out that it was written/conceived as a parody of adventure books).

The story is simple but powerful, the symbolism whacks you over the head, and the growing despair and bewilderment felt through Ralph and his allies is fantastically written. I could have done without the lengthy descriptions of the environment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing, Torture, and War

All content warnings are conducted by children (except war, in the background).

dani_2006's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs

eudaemonia's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs and Torture

soapy_euph's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Moderate: Torture

patch's review against another edition

dark tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child death, and Violence