Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Lord of the flies by William Golding

359 reviews

pbuschman's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark sad fast-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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I truly have no idea why this is a classic. The story is bland and the writing is frankly bad. The fatphpbia is triggering beyond what I expected especially for anyone who has been bullied as a kid for being chubby. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence

Minor: Gore

fenkje's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark 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, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

jasmineblossoms's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

honeybear16's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Murder

byerduas's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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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The author does a fantastic job at setting the atmosphere and making you see the world through the eyes of a child. Suddenly the island is so big and the forest is so dark and you feel so helpless and even though you know what "the beast" is the descriptions of how they perceive it and convince themselves of what it is are chilling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Gore

Minor: Mental illness, Racial slurs, War

maizelith's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Amazing book. Never read this book in school, but I heard good things so I thought I'd pick it up. I didn't expect it to be YellowJackets in book form. Holy crap.

Piggy oh piggy.

Really good book that is so easy and so fun to psychoanalyze. It's metaphorical in so many ways, and I love how the writing style tends to be very imagery-driven. This leads to a lot of things not being directly told, but rather suggested and assumed. Felt like a mystery to read.

That ending, and the deaths of the boys, so sad and I truly feel bad for all of them. Even Jack who was driven to insanity by his insecurities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder

krosebooks's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

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I didn’t find this book entertaining expect for the beginning and end of the book. Book concept is intriguing but it’s hard to keep attention. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

evil_spawn's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fatphobia

Moderate: Violence

sladd215's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

alentolstoy's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia, Racism

Minor: War