Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

83 reviews

mela_tonin's review

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Gore, Bullying, Racial slurs, War, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Child death, and Blood

marblemars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Willam Golding is a D-1 yapper. I read this book in my english class and if it weren't for my teacher, I genuinely wouldn't understand what is going on. He tries to be very descriptive but it ends up just being nonsense. (it could just be a British literature thing idk) I really like the ending of the book, however, it gives me something to think about, and the characters show many flaws and it is quite realistic for how children would reacted in a situation similar to this. The book is in third person pov, which isn't what I like, but that doesn't mean it was a bad story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Bullying, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

lcifuen620's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Death

i_hate_grrr's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Fatphobia, Gore, Bullying, Body shaming, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Animal death, Blood, and Death

theraccoonqueen's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I first read this my sophomore year of high school and I remember not really enjoying it at all. Rereading it 10 years later, also for school, I can see why it is considered a classic. The profoundness of how quickly things can break down without order and the nastiness that can bleed out for those who want authority was very much… something. Truly I can’t think of a stronger word to describe that entire situation between Jack and Ralph. Do I wish the characters were a little more fleshed out? Yes. Do I wish that the poor little one, Simon, and Piggy would’ve been left alive? YES. I understand the need for them to show the true savagery the boys are falling into but COME ON MAN.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Gore

Minor: Child death

blitz_ramna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I've known of this book since i was young but i never had the nerve to read it throughly until now. 
I'm aware that this book is forced-fed in school (I had to read it when I was a sophmore in high school). I'd be surprised if schools still recommend this knowing of all the book bans. 
Now going back to speaking of the book. This book is actually a good read, even though you may have to read in the mind of a preteen to teen. There are few scenes in which readers may feel uncomfortable, shocked, and tense (probably even get emotional). I, for one, felt all the emotions that I've listed while reading but kept on. Personally, I enjoyed the book, even though I knew what would happen. I also realized that the 1990s version of the film didn't put certain scenes from the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Xenophobia, and Bullying

There was a part of the book where the hunters were joking and doing certain sexual acts towards the pig/boar that they killed during a hunt. I thought I should mention because readers can see this as inappropriate and find it uncomfortable to read.

chitti's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

"The mask was a thing on it's own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-conciousness."
Boring occasionally. I think there was a little more potential with the “human nature” idea, but I find the length alright as it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Blood

Not way too explicit. But still dark.

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

robynlindsay's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Fatphobia, and Murder

unusuallyy's review

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

quite slow at times but otherwise interesting - cute gay undertones too?? slay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Child death, Death, and Body shaming

Moderate: Murder, Gore, and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Chronic illness