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Lord of the Flies by William Golding

19 reviews

cowboylikestoread43's review

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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mattyvreads's review

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adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Right, so, I missed this one in high school. It was never an assigned reading for me and I sure as f#ck wasn’t gonna pick it up on my own… Especially at that time.

Then, recently, I was looking through a list of classic books and I thought “why not?”

It is so understandable to me that this is a classic. It’s horrifyingly compelling and perfectly paced. The characters are memorable, and the philosophical discussion of human nature is just as mystifying today.

That debate is: in a perfect vacuum, or let’s say… an early 1950s deserted island suddenly infested with immature and uncooperative schoolboys — are people essentially good, or essentially bad, or essentially both? I bet Hobbes and Rousseau are getting all jazzed up in Heaven, just reading this damned review.

The book itself is incredibly well-written. The story builds to it’s climax in such a profound and unsettling way, as you see their humanity chip away and their animalistic urges take over. Golding prays on the reader’s imagination and paranoia. We see the boys suffer the same fate — they become pray to their own delusions and fear, and for some, it is the death of them. It’s a story of children, in over their heads, thinking (or forcing themselves to think in order to survive) that they have it all figured out. Suddenly living to survive turns into a new way of life, and eventually, living to kill.

Damn, I gotta quit while I’m ahead. That was good.

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andrewhatesham's review against another edition

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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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terezi's review

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A

3.0

that would suck if that happened

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yami_yaki's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

No spoilers! This book was a really pleasant surprise. Walking into it blind was a great experience, it was like nothing I've ever read before. The characters are complex and the plot, although it could've been simple, is incredibly well thought out and meaningful. I do have to say though, I found it really confusing at times, and it was a bit hard to grasp. There was a lot of "Wait, when did that happen? Did that even happen???" Even when reading with full attention. The wiki's description of the lore helped though. Aside from that, because I went into the novel blind and hopeful, I was not expecting it to get this dark. It is not for the weak hearted, so please keep that in mind. I still rate it very high, and consider it a very important read! As many describe it, this book is the blueprint to the savagery in humanity's blood.

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