Reviews tagging 'Death'

Lord of the flies by William Golding

231 reviews

raccoonfoo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Piggy deserves better. This book makes good for some gender studies topics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death

dnietoperafan's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was my first time reading Lord of the Flies. I found it to be quite entertaining. I knew there was going to be a somewhat dark feel to it, but I wasn't expecting how the plot turned out to be at all. I really enjoyed reading it, and would definitely recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment

mela_tonin's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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, Fatphobia, Gore, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

marblemars's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Car accident, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

x06_amberx's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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2.5 stars.
Not too bad of a plot, just a little biased from the author as he was a war veteran. And also, he only used boys from ages 6 to 12 I think... so a bit of a stupid conclusion to base your beliefs off a small group of middle and upper class boys and not a more diverse group... just my thoughts.
The only character I did partially like was Piggy (the only lower class boy in the group), and even then, I didn't like him that much as he was kind of a wimp.
Had to read this for GCSE but only just put it on my read list on this app a couple of years later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death

Moderate: Cannibalism

xvicesx's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark tense slow-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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I get the point this was trying to make, but lordy was it a painful read. I can appreciate it for its existence, but I think I found man's descent into madness and savagery far more enjoyable in Hunger Games. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, War

anya_ch's review against another edition

4.0

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

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The book is a lot better than the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood

paulabekkerus's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark tense slow-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 death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

cowboylikestoread43's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

lcifuen620's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury