Reviews

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

sierrarain03's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

naomijaytay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

2.0

Never mind the boys, reading this is torture

duckislord's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

lalandroses's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.0

tjard's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

sp11rgn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

2.0

sandysan_11's review against another edition

5.0

Easily top 10 books I've ever read. Lord of the Flies is often seen as gruesome and disturbing. I found it fascinating. A group of boys become stranded on an Island & all seems well, until it doesn't. I remember the emotions this book brought me to & how deeply profound its message was. We read this my senior year in High School -- I'm 25, and this story is still sticking with me. This will be on my reread list for the year.

aly_t's review against another edition

1.0

Read it for school. Horrifying. Never again. Worst book ever. Enough said.

sincerelycalla's review against another edition

1.25

Absolute slog to get through. For less than 200 pages I had to start over twice and listen to the audiobook. Seems like a decent premise but man, was getting through the pages torturous. 
A descent into terror shouldn’t be this boring. And I chose to read this, it wasn’t even for school or anything 

cukorbogyesz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0