Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Lord of the flies by William Golding

177 reviews

fenkje's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark sad 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

jasmineblossoms's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

byerduas's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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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The author does a fantastic job at setting the atmosphere and making you see the world through the eyes of a child. Suddenly the island is so big and the forest is so dark and you feel so helpless and even though you know what "the beast" is the descriptions of how they perceive it and convince themselves of what it is are chilling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Gore

Minor: Mental illness, Racial slurs, War

maizelith's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Amazing book. Never read this book in school, but I heard good things so I thought I'd pick it up. I didn't expect it to be YellowJackets in book form. Holy crap.

Piggy oh piggy.

Really good book that is so easy and so fun to psychoanalyze. It's metaphorical in so many ways, and I love how the writing style tends to be very imagery-driven. This leads to a lot of things not being directly told, but rather suggested and assumed. Felt like a mystery to read.

That ending, and the deaths of the boys, so sad and I truly feel bad for all of them. Even Jack who was driven to insanity by his insecurities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder

krosebooks's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I didn’t find this book entertaining expect for the beginning and end of the book. Book concept is intriguing but it’s hard to keep attention. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

bluelemon25's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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They say fears and desires can change a person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence

Moderate: Racism, Blood, Murder

tilde_c_s's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Fatphobia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Minor: Racial slurs, War

celery's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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 abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail

fyretamer's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Blood, Murder

Minor: Racism, War

sufficiat's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark tense medium-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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Interesting and pretty quick read, but I kinda reject the premise. I think the depiction of the degradation into “savagery” without the crutch of western society exacerbates problematic views of indigenous populations. Western society isn’t the only form of society. In fact, I feel like the values extolled by individualism in Western society are precisely the reason for the boys’ transition to violence. If these boys were raised in conjunction with nature and an emphasis on collective care, like indigenous communities, there’s no way this would’ve happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Murder