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Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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nineinchnails's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective 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? Yes

4.0

i liked this way more than i expected to! i haven’t read a classic (outside of rereads) in years so i thought the prose would give me a headache but i actually found it quite charming. it does get a little waffly at some parts but i guess cause i know it was written like a million years ago i have a higher tolerance for it.

i love the premise and i think the pacing was perfect for me. it felt a little slow in the first half (or longer im not quite sure) and then picked up fast like the calm before the storm. i do wish there was a little more development with the characters - at some points i was having a hard time figuring out who was speaking, too - but it wasn’t a massive issue with this since it still holds up quite well. it’s darker than i expected for a children’s book, but that’s what made it so hard for me to put down. the overall message was pretty bleak but i think the ending helped a lot.

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gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

Not sure I've ever had much interest in reading this, only I had a specific book I wanted to get to that's inspired by this - Lord of the Flyfest- (as well as some TV shows, films etc that takes inspiration from this classic) and wanted a better appreciation when the time comes.

Reminiscent of Peter Pan and the lost boys and some really good character analysis of humanity as a whole when faced with struggles. How we try to achieve this collective control at all times but quickly fall down to hysteria and paranoia when faced with the unknown.

I felt like this was a really interesting look at life with an island of stranded boys and how they try to survive the wilderness.

I know a lot of this probably went over my head and that reflects in the rating as I didn't understand all the themes, but I'm glad I read this.

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star_witch's review against another edition

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2.0

"Ideas of community, leadership, and the rule of law are called into question". Uhm... Where?? Did we read the same book?? It's just a bunch of 12 year old boys (0 female characters, like you have got to be kidding, do women not exist in this world??) running around recking havoc.

If there is a book that properly makes the reader "evaluate the concepts involved in social and political constructs and moral frameworks" (which is what this book promised to do) it's most certainly not this one.

Probably the best example of incredible premise, very bad execution.
I feel betrayed.

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dariana12's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

The Lord of the Flies us a very interesting book. It was a bit slowed paced but I didn’t mind too much except there were some parts that were uninteresting. It was pretty dark towards the end but I was never really disturbed. The book didn’t really stick with me and I never really think about this book but I don’t think it was a bad book. I don’t regret reading it because there was a lot of symbolism in the book and I was rooting for some of the characters but in the end, the book was not very memorable

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crazytourists_books's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I am not sure about this book. I found it quite boring at places as the descriptions of the surroundings seemed endless and quite interesting at others. It sure offers some very serious things to think about human nature, but the lack of information about how long a period of time the described events cover and some things that are unrealistic make it unconvincing.
I've seen a few reviews that people read this book during their school years; I would never, ever, ever let a child read.

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