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Lord of the flies by William Golding

177 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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alw2021's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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kdz08's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

I read this for the first time as an adult and it was an interesting look at human nature. It felt very plausible, which is telling, since it was so horrific. Especially with them being kids. I loved all the symbolism throughout. I think it was especially poignant reading it in today's society and political climate, as we seem to be moving more towards the uncivilized, tyrannical, and mob-mentality side of things. This was written so long ago, but these themes have played out many times throughout history. I can see why this is a good book to analyze in school! Definitely a book everyone should read at least once.

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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

Not a fan of this book. Weird concept and confusing ending. I wouldn't read again.

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amyg677's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense medium-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

This is my second time reading this and my first time as an adult. How sad is the loss of innocence and the struggle of masculinity.

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gerynumbmind's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective 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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tashibbi's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad fast-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

This is my second time reading this book, and I haven’t read it since high school around 15 years ago 🥴 I loved it then, and I’m so glad my teenage brain did not deceive me, because I still love this book so deeply now.

After just roasting the last book I read to the pits of hell for being too reflective and being about nothing, I fully understand my hypocrisy here 😂 as I said in my last review and will reiterate now: a book can be reflective while also still being entertaining.

While I hated overanalyzing most stories in English class, I really did appreciate listening to this audiobook and remembering things we had discussed when reading this back then.

This is a fantastic story of survival and a mirror of society. How quickly we fall into madness, savagery, and loss of morality in the instance of life or death. Not everything is black and white—there’s so much gray in between. No one is perfectly good, no one is perfectly evil. A display of the terrible loss of innocence, and I can wax on about themes, metaphors, comparisons, what the characters represent, etc., but I think we all get the picture—we all read this in high school. Very glad to have revisited this!

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