Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

10 reviews

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

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cursing, Murder, and Body horror

attentionspan0's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Violence, and Cursing

mme_carton's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Child death, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Bullying, and Cursing

eurydice_books_09's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Murder, Fatphobia, Bullying, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Violence

milichka's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Murder, Death, Animal death, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

nicolesreadingbooks's review

adventurous dark sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Violence, 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

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).