Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Lord of the flies by William Golding

219 reviews

solemnly's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Not a fan of this book. Weird concept and confusing ending. I wouldn't read again.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Cannibalism

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury

vengefulduck's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Murder

lurodrgz's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Me costó un poco meterme en la historia y de vez en cuando era muy lento, haciendo tediosa la lectura con demasiadas descripciones del entorno. Pero en general fue un libro muy interesante y distinto a mis lecturas anteriores, que da mucho para pensar y reflexionar. En algunas partes era perturbador y crudo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death

Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia

cringletimagi's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism

sandysmith's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I find classic books really hard to review. They are classics for a reason, but the language is dated, and the racial slurs (native Americans troupes) make it hard and uncomfortable to read at times. The story itself, boys on a desert island going feral, is interesting, and I'm sure the book when it was first published in the 1950s would have been shocking. It's a philosophical read that certainly makes you think. The main themes are leadership styles, power-hungry seekers, civilisation or lack thereof, the deterioration into chaos, good and bad/evil, adventures, bullying plot twists, and loads of symbolism. Yet again, I dislike the fatism and cultural misrepresentation, which may have been more acceptable in the 1950s. I can imagine and remember this book being dissected to death in English classes. Certainly, it's taken me 35-plus years to read it again and without the dissection of a bored teacher. I enjoyed it more this time round for that reason. The over riding feeling is one of the disappointment of the out of control cruel boys, which is very sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, War

gerynumbmind's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder

emonbzr's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death

_lemi_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War

cutesquish_21's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous informative reflective 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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Gosh... No words 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Racial slurs

camilat's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence