Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

43 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

ailurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Child death

Minor: Racial slurs

exclipse's review

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, and Racial slurs

affectionatelyrs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.25

didn’t particularly enjoy the prose, nor do i agree with the perspective of the author. i understand this was written in the ‘50s but wow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Bullying, and Racial slurs

Minor: Child death

condor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.5

I understand the thought experiment behind it but perhaps it just hasn't aged well 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Racial slurs

nineinchnails's review

adventurous challenging reflective 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

4.0

i liked this way more than i expected to! i haven’t read a classic (outside of rereads) in years so i thought the prose would give me a headache but i actually found it quite charming. it does get a little waffly at some parts but i guess cause i know it was written like a million years ago i have a higher tolerance for it. 

i love the premise and i think the pacing was perfect for me. it felt a little slow in the first half (or longer im not quite sure) and then picked up fast like the calm before the storm. i do wish there was a little more development with the characters - at some points i was having a hard time figuring out who was speaking, too - but it wasn’t a massive issue with this since it still holds up quite well. it’s darker than i expected for a children’s book, but that’s what made it so hard for me to put down. the overall message was pretty bleak but i think the ending helped a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Blood, Fatphobia, Gore, Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Excrement, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, War, and Racial slurs

marslotus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

Hey why'd Piggy say that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Violence, Animal death, Death, and Fatphobia

Minor: Racial slurs

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

Not sure I've ever had much interest in reading this, only I had a specific book I wanted to get to that's inspired by this - Lord of the Flyfest- (as well as some TV shows, films etc that takes inspiration from this classic) and wanted a better appreciation when the time comes.

Reminiscent of Peter Pan and the lost boys and some really good character analysis of humanity as a whole when faced with struggles. How we try to achieve this collective control at all times but quickly fall down to hysteria and paranoia when faced with the unknown.

I felt like this was a really interesting look at life with an island of stranded boys and how they try to survive the wilderness. 

I know a lot of this probably went over my head and that reflects in the rating as I didn't understand all the themes, but I'm glad I read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Fatphobia, Child death, Abandonment, Stalking, Murder, Body shaming, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Torture, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Gore, Bullying, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Racial slurs, Blood, and Gore

michayla13's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Murder, Violence, Racism, Fatphobia, Death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore