A review by kamrynharned
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

adventurous dark sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


Easily applied symbolism - how easy it is to be distracted from the only important thing. It feels like a fictional case study on the break- down of society. What starts out as fun and games ends in violence and bloodshed, and left me asking, “How did we get here?”.  The little uns were the symbolic underdogs of society, the ones who didn’t matter, lives that had little to no value. Usually sad books can be redemptive to me, and even though the ending of the book was satisfying, children dying leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth that is very hard to get rid of.  The author created a beautiful, vivid setting that made it easy to mentally “see” the boys traversing their island. The audiobook narrated by the author was excellent. 
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