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Lord of the flies by William Golding

43 reviews

ffrank's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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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laine37's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective tense

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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fridaerika's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark 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

In general, I did like this book, though the writing somehow managed to explain some things way too much and some things way too little. The story got a little lost in the writing style, imo.

The ending was also wierd, I would have not wanted them to be saved, and had even more exploration of the main theme. Or I would have liked a bit more exploration of the copntrast that had formed between the "wild" kids and the people that came and saved them. I thought the ending was a cut a little short.

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sunny_not's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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: Yes

This was super stressful. My stress levels were through the roof the last 30 pages. It's very dark and brutal (check the content warnings before reading this) . I thought this was very smart, highlighting humanity's worst sides and putting a twist on other island stories. Although I enjoyed it there were many of its time elements which is the reason why I didn't give it a higher rating.

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bookwookie's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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ulogil's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark reflective sad 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: Complicated

By the end, I didn't think any of them diserved that ending.

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k_a_lund's review against another edition

2.0

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merin_aran's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I can see why this book is called a classic, however it really shouldn't be. The ideas and themes that Golding tries to explore are interesting, but that is the only good thing I can say. The writing is clunky and at times incoherent. The character development is sloppy and predictable. It has aged very badly, it's extremely racist and full of colonial ideas of the "savagery" of indigenous/native people. Rather than reflecting the state of humanity, the book merely highlights the problems in William Golding himself.

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