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A review by alongreader
Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky
3.0
It's a long time since I read Lord of the Flies, and for a while I didn't realise this is actually a retelling - I thought it was an homage, but as we got near the end I realised that there are parallel characters, plot points, ideas and scenes.
Sadly, I almost didn't realise, because I almost didn't keep reading. The 'influencers' were all such horrible people, I very nearly couldn't keep going. Rafi has her bad points, but overall she's at least better than they are.
Plus, I kept getting distracted by practicalities. The only food on the island is a few sandwiches no one eats, some fish that only River and Rafi eat, and some fruit that no one can buy because they've already given all their stuff to Peggy. We're outright told there's no water. And yet no one is hungry, thirsty, no one falls ill apart from in plot relevant ways, no one even gets a headache!
The mystery is pretty good, I didn't see it coming, and overall the story itself was fine. I just didn't like most of the characters. But that's ok, right?
Sadly, I almost didn't realise, because I almost didn't keep reading. The 'influencers' were all such horrible people, I very nearly couldn't keep going. Rafi has her bad points, but overall she's at least better than they are.
Plus, I kept getting distracted by practicalities. The only food on the island is a few sandwiches no one eats, some fish that only River and Rafi eat, and some fruit that no one can buy because they've already given all their stuff to Peggy. We're outright told there's no water. And yet no one is hungry, thirsty, no one falls ill apart from in plot relevant ways, no one even gets a headache!
The mystery is pretty good, I didn't see it coming, and overall the story itself was fine. I just didn't like most of the characters. But that's ok, right?