Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Lord of the flies by William Golding

121 reviews

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

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

i_hate_grrr's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury

theraccoonqueen's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I first read this my sophomore year of high school and I remember not really enjoying it at all. Rereading it 10 years later, also for school, I can see why it is considered a classic. The profoundness of how quickly things can break down without order and the nastiness that can bleed out for those who want authority was very much… something. Truly I can’t think of a stronger word to describe that entire situation between Jack and Ralph. Do I wish the characters were a little more fleshed out? Yes. Do I wish that the poor little one, Simon, and Piggy would’ve been left alive? YES. I understand the need for them to show the true savagery the boys are falling into but COME ON MAN.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore

Minor: Child death

blitz_ramna's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I've known of this book since i was young but i never had the nerve to read it throughly until now. 
I'm aware that this book is forced-fed in school (I had to read it when I was a sophmore in high school). I'd be surprised if schools still recommend this knowing of all the book bans. 
Now going back to speaking of the book. This book is actually a good read, even though you may have to read in the mind of a preteen to teen. There are few scenes in which readers may feel uncomfortable, shocked, and tense (probably even get emotional). I, for one, felt all the emotions that I've listed while reading but kept on. Personally, I enjoyed the book, even though I knew what would happen. I also realized that the 1990s version of the film didn't put certain scenes from the book. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Torture, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship

There was a part of the book where the hunters were joking and doing certain sexual acts towards the pig/boar that they killed during a hunt. I thought I should mention because readers can see this as inappropriate and find it uncomfortable to read.

linnylionheart's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Excrement

robynlindsay's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder

unusuallyy's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective 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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quite slow at times but otherwise interesting - cute gay undertones too?? slay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence

Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Murder

Minor: Chronic illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

sherwoodviking's review against another edition

1.5

dark 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: No

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I'll be honest.... I got bored halfway through and the ending just seemed.... meh.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

nineinchnails's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging reflective 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: Yes

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i liked this way more than i expected to! i haven’t read a classic (outside of rereads) in years so i thought the prose would give me a headache but i actually found it quite charming. it does get a little waffly at some parts but i guess cause i know it was written like a million years ago i have a higher tolerance for it. 

i love the premise and i think the pacing was perfect for me. it felt a little slow in the first half (or longer im not quite sure) and then picked up fast like the calm before the storm. i do wish there was a little more development with the characters - at some points i was having a hard time figuring out who was speaking, too - but it wasn’t a massive issue with this since it still holds up quite well. it’s darker than i expected for a children’s book, but that’s what made it so hard for me to put down. the overall message was pretty bleak but i think the ending helped a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racial slurs, Death of parent, War