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A review by readingal07
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
dark
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
First, let's acknowledge the fact that this was first published in 1954, so there is bound to be language and vocabulary used that would not fly in today's society.
I struggled to get through this book, the language was quiet tricky to understand and eventually I could only read along with the audiobook to truly understand what was happening. I didn't read this for school or anything, just simply wanting to read a "classic."
The book only really started to pick up for me around chapter seven and for such cumbersome prose, that was too long. I ended up putting the book down after chapter two and not picking it up for several months.
Also, as a Christian girl, the last section of chapter 8 caught me off-guard and was quite unsettling. So, slight trigger-warning for that as the audiobook doesn't hold back on making it terrifying.
The last few chapters, I would actually classify as a horror as I was scared, in suspense and on the edge of my seat and then all of a sudden...
The ending came out of nowhere. Perhaps a little too convenient.
Also, whoever was responsible for putting this book in High Schools for children to read... I have no words.
I struggled to get through this book, the language was quiet tricky to understand and eventually I could only read along with the audiobook to truly understand what was happening. I didn't read this for school or anything, just simply wanting to read a "classic."
The book only really started to pick up for me around chapter seven and for such cumbersome prose, that was too long. I ended up putting the book down after chapter two and not picking it up for several months.
Also, as a Christian girl, the last section of chapter 8 caught me off-guard and was quite unsettling. So, slight trigger-warning for that as the audiobook doesn't hold back on making it terrifying.
The last few chapters, I would actually classify as a horror as I was scared, in suspense and on the edge of my seat and then all of a sudden...
The ending came out of nowhere. Perhaps a little too convenient.
Also, whoever was responsible for putting this book in High Schools for children to read... I have no words.