Reviews tagging 'Death'

Lord of the flies by William Golding

231 reviews

itsbumley's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

simontusch13's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Murder

theloudmanself's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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: Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

chloec18's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark reflective 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: Death

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

danhues's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Violence, 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

katy_heath's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark 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

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Lord of the Flies conveys the message that we teach boys (although I would argue the point  is universal) from a young age to care only for themselves. In the early phases of the story we see a disinterested Ralph shouting “sucks to your aunty” at a kid he never throughout the entire story learns the actual name of.

He almost immediately betrays this other boy’s trust by telling all the other boys the one name this boy doesn’t wish to be called by.

and this is the protagonist. Throughout the narrative a tension breaks out over what is more important, gratifying the need to master nature,

because it’s not really about needing to eat meat

or getting rescued. This speaks to the ways that we put individual needs above those of the collective. 
Overall, the observation that after a few weeks all structures fall away and children or adults alike begin acting wild and selfishly is a poignant reminder that it is not always easy to act selflessly and that building community takes sacrifice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence