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andoriachan's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Violence
greenrequiem's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Ableism, and Child death
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Torture, Violence, and Animal death
Minor: Classism, War, and Gore
thehawksflight's review
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.
Minor: Classism, Death, Mental illness, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Dysphoria, Ableism, and Gaslighting
thearchivist03's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Animal death, Death, Child death, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, and Toxic friendship
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.raveries's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Fatphobia, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Classism, Death, and Racism
Minor: War, Racism, and Cultural appropriation
sunny_not's review
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Death, War, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Gore, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Torture