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A review by omfgsamily
Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky
adventurous
emotional
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
TLDR: The cover is gorgeous and that’s what sucked me in. The book was not great, not even okay but not absolutely horrific. The only reason I made it through to the end was because the narrator of that audiobook did a great job.
So when perusing the bargain isle at my local Books a Million, this book grabbed my attention. The cover is gorgeous and I can honestly say that's probably the only good thing about this book.
From the title alone I could tell it was a generational retelling of Lord of the Flies which I thought had SO much potential. I am a libby girl so I snagged the audiobook from my local library and planned to make my work day fly by with this tale of woe. The whole book was a tale of woe in itself.
Right in the beginning I was already annoyed by all but one of the characters. Rafi is the only character of the book I liked. I understand that everyone was supposed to come of "entitled" but it was just so stereotypical that I could not stand anyone.
Ten percent into the audio I was waiting for something gruesome to happen, some die, go missing, I was begging the book to give me something. I was secretly hoping it was Jack. My goodness I think I hated him the most.
Nothing even remotely exciting happened until 40 percent of the book and even that excitement left me disappointed.
The only reason I finished this book was because I needed to know the “secrets” which weren’t all that great and the fact that the narrator did in amazing job holding my attention when the book itself did not.
While I believe this book had SO much potential before starting to read it, it just fell so short for me. The remote island, the influences, the desertsion gave me real The Island by Natasha Preston feels and I loved that book. Sigh. Maybe I am just not a generation parady girly.
On to the next read!
So when perusing the bargain isle at my local Books a Million, this book grabbed my attention. The cover is gorgeous and I can honestly say that's probably the only good thing about this book.
From the title alone I could tell it was a generational retelling of Lord of the Flies which I thought had SO much potential. I am a libby girl so I snagged the audiobook from my local library and planned to make my work day fly by with this tale of woe. The whole book was a tale of woe in itself.
Right in the beginning I was already annoyed by all but one of the characters. Rafi is the only character of the book I liked. I understand that everyone was supposed to come of "entitled" but it was just so stereotypical that I could not stand anyone.
Ten percent into the audio I was waiting for something gruesome to happen, some die, go missing, I was begging the book to give me something. I was secretly hoping it was Jack. My goodness I think I hated him the most.
Nothing even remotely exciting happened until 40 percent of the book and even that excitement left me disappointed.
The only reason I finished this book was because I needed to know the “secrets” which weren’t all that great and the fact that the narrator did in amazing job holding my attention when the book itself did not.
While I believe this book had SO much potential before starting to read it, it just fell so short for me. The remote island, the influences, the desertsion gave me real The Island by Natasha Preston feels and I loved that book. Sigh. Maybe I am just not a generation parady girly.
On to the next read!