A review by juliettreip
The Inheritors by William Golding

2.0

This book is about a group of Neanderthals who are threatened and driven away by a new race - the Homo sapiens. I chose to read this book because I liked the concept of the book, and the originality. The reason I have given it such a low rating is because of the language - for most of the book I honestly had no idea what was going on, because of Golding's writing style. This meant that I also couldn't find the story engaging at all; I struggled to read more than a few pages at a time, and I also ended up reading pages without taking any of it in. I've actually been trying to finish this book since last Christmas - the only reason I finished it at all is because I hate to start books without finishing them.

Maybe I have too short an attention span, or Golding's writing style is just too complicated for me. Either way, I did not enjoy this book at all, and will be glad to see the back of it.