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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
This is just brilliant. When I first read this in highschool, I absolutely hated it. But reading it again in my twenties hits different. I cried so hard when the boys finally realised how dark human nature really is. Very well done.
dark
reflective
tense
slow-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
Enjoyable. The last 3 chapters made the entire book.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lord of the Flies is a fast-paced exploration of survival and the fragile line between civilization and savagery. Golding captures how quickly order collapses when Jack’s pride and hunger for dominance overtake reason and rationality. His obsession with blood, meat, and killing pulls the boys into a dangerous group psychology that drowns out Ralph’s attempts at order. The descent is both gripping and horrifying, culminating in Ralph’s desperate flight from being hunted. A true moment of raw terror and hopelessness. The timely rescue is a relief, yet it underscores the haunting truth of how close humanity is to losing itself. 9/10
I may not be a twelve year old boy, but I would've made better decisions.
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Quotes:
- He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were.
- He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching one’s feet. He stopped, facing the strip; and remembering that first enthusiastic exploration as though it were part of a brighter childhood, he smiled jeeringly.
- the darkness and desperate enterprise gave the night a kind of dentist’s chair unreality
- They worked therefore with great energy and cheerfulness, though as time crept by there was a suggestion of panic in the energy and hysteria in the cheerfulness.
- “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!”
- He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were.
- He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching one’s feet. He stopped, facing the strip; and remembering that first enthusiastic exploration as though it were part of a brighter childhood, he smiled jeeringly.
- the darkness and desperate enterprise gave the night a kind of dentist’s chair unreality
- They worked therefore with great energy and cheerfulness, though as time crept by there was a suggestion of panic in the energy and hysteria in the cheerfulness.
- “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!”
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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
This book shows how boys would deal with being stranded on an island without adults. It gets more and more dark as the story goes on.
challenging
dark
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