A review by sanya986
The Inheritors by William Golding

3.0

There is somewhere a great idea that author wanted to accomplish. It is a short story actually, about crucial events in life of a neanderthal tribe. It is told from their perspective, so I personally couldn't always grasp the story line because things around them are described as they saw them. For an example, they said "log" instead of "boat" because, obviously, they never encountered one before. But it took me a page or two to realize this. And the whole book was confusing in this way. Not to mention descriptions of nature, which was by far the worst to decipher. The story itself is much deeper and I think that is what comes second although it should be more strike out. It speaks about earliest human nature and our animal insticts and of course, always with our struggle to survive no matter what we do to hurt and destroy everything we stumble upon. We will never change. So, to sum up everything, 1 star for the narration and 5 for the plot line, it totals 3 stars. I should read it again, now that I know now to read it...