15.6k reviews for:

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

3.48 AVERAGE

dangerousbeans's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A lot less cliche and somehow a lot darker than I was expected. I didn’t realise how long it would take for everything to go wrong. Incredibly tragic — for so long, they were just kids trying to make a society work, and yet….. Yeah. 

vivi_in_ivalice's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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While the book is a good read it simply isn't realistic to life.

It assumes that humans are all inherently selfish/evil when that isn't the case. We know this because a group of kids got stuck on an island and worked together to survive until they were saved. Humans in general work together to survive.

rafarafa's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

rebeccaheinz's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

emmamcbride21's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pqtrick's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emmagb8's review against another edition

3.0

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A classic I needed to read

coliecosmos's review against another edition

4.75

dark

vampiratelife's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emcmath's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes