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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
Not a fan of this book. Weird concept and confusing ending. I wouldn't read again.
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
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
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death
Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Racism
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
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, War
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Violence
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book got confusing because of its writing style. I decided this year not to blame myself if old books did that.
Interesting book with a lot to say about human nature. The scary bits were really scary. I feel like if I was reading it back then, my mind would be blown by the social commentary. And of course this book is in response to Coral Island so it's good to start there.
I don't think this book is racist I think it's sending up racist books of the past. However, its characters are and it assumes readers will be, so it hasn't "aged well".
Piggy is a bullying victim I actually have time for. An intelligent boy, a boy who wants to do things his way. So much better and more well rounded than the saintly victims of my last two books! He was relatable and he was my favourite character.
Interesting book with a lot to say about human nature. The scary bits were really scary. I feel like if I was reading it back then, my mind would be blown by the social commentary. And of course this book is in response to Coral Island so it's good to start there.
I don't think this book is racist I think it's sending up racist books of the past. However, its characters are and it assumes readers will be, so it hasn't "aged well".
Piggy is a bullying victim I actually have time for. An intelligent boy, a boy who wants to do things his way. So much better and more well rounded than the saintly victims of my last two books! He was relatable and he was my favourite character.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Murder
Minor: Racial slurs, Racism
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
fast-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 is my second time reading this book, and I haven’t read it since high school around 15 years ago 🥴 I loved it then, and I’m so glad my teenage brain did not deceive me, because I still love this book so deeply now.
After just roasting the last book I read to the pits of hell for being too reflective and being about nothing, I fully understand my hypocrisy here 😂 as I said in my last review and will reiterate now: a book can be reflective while also still being entertaining.
While I hated overanalyzing most stories in English class, I really did appreciate listening to this audiobook and remembering things we had discussed when reading this back then.
This is a fantastic story of survival and a mirror of society. How quickly we fall into madness, savagery, and loss of morality in the instance of life or death. Not everything is black and white—there’s so much gray in between. No one is perfectly good, no one is perfectly evil. A display of the terrible loss of innocence, and I can wax on about themes, metaphors, comparisons, what the characters represent, etc., but I think we all get the picture—we all read this in high school. Very glad to have revisited this!
After just roasting the last book I read to the pits of hell for being too reflective and being about nothing, I fully understand my hypocrisy here 😂 as I said in my last review and will reiterate now: a book can be reflective while also still being entertaining.
While I hated overanalyzing most stories in English class, I really did appreciate listening to this audiobook and remembering things we had discussed when reading this back then.
This is a fantastic story of survival and a mirror of society. How quickly we fall into madness, savagery, and loss of morality in the instance of life or death. Not everything is black and white—there’s so much gray in between. No one is perfectly good, no one is perfectly evil. A display of the terrible loss of innocence, and I can wax on about themes, metaphors, comparisons, what the characters represent, etc., but I think we all get the picture—we all read this in high school. Very glad to have revisited this!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Violence
Minor: Blood
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Murder, War