Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

17 reviews

linnylionheart's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, War, Bullying, Vomit, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Child death, Death, Abandonment, Ableism, Torture, Fatphobia, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, and Violence

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Excrement

amandadnama's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Ableism, Cursing, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Vomit

sherwoodviking's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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? No

1.5

I'll be honest.... I got bored halfway through and the ending just seemed.... meh.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Ableism, Gore, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Child death, and Murder

lyfeinpr0gress's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Bullying, Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

andremay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Ableism, Racial slurs, Animal death, and Racism

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Atavistic mode activated. Justice for Piggy! About to wack these dumb kids with a conch 2🐷

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Child death, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

greenrequiem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Ableism, and Child death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Torture, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Classism, War, and Gore

laindarko2's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, Animal death, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Bullying, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism and Injury/Injury detail

jaylee_books's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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, Death, Ableism, Blood, Gore, Violence, Bullying, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Body shaming

thehawksflight's review

Marooned on an uninhabited island, 'civilised' children and prepubescents are presumably unable to democratise, instead regressing into various expressions of 'savage tribe' behaviour. The relatively short read is an exposition of groupthink/de-individuation, populism, superstition and even manslaughter, among other things if you want to go deeper in your anaylsis.

I choose to believe in the essential good of humans, even very young ones, with a tendency toward collaboration and altruism during calamity. William Golding clearly thought otherwise.

The trope(s) have been copied, parodied, interpreted so much over the years that I found the book itself hard to enjoy in its own right.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Death, Mental illness, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Dysphoria, Ableism, and Gaslighting