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if you can suspend your belief and just enjoy this gory and unrealistic lord of the flies parody, this isn’t a bad book. a lot of it is implausible but if you can look past that and just read, this is fine.

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thebookcloser's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was everything I imagined and more. 😍 If you loved Lord of the Flies, this book is your gold mine. LOTS is a modern take on this classic but I would say the darker, adult version.

I saw many reviews on Goodreads that poorly rated this book because you had to “suspend your disbelief.” This is a true horror book in every form and those that rated based on that missed the point of this book.

For another reader to get the same “wow” factor it gave me.. I can’t spoil, but if this book peaks your interest know the themes are deep and they are the biggest takeaway from the story which is why I picked it up to begin with. 🖤

Lastly, the writing style is unique. There is no “chapters,” there are obvious “breaks.” POVs would jump sometimes between paragraphs but it became easy to follow once I understood. I actually enjoyed it. 😊

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dailybee's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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hkveit's review against another edition

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dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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potassiumk's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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noldorin's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No

3.5

I went into this book without necessarily even knowing what it was about, I just saw some comments about it being disturbing.
Happy to say it didn't disappoint. Everything happening felt
completely insane considering this is a book about kids. I loved the ending and the fact the plot is really just a bloodbath with no good ending.

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floressius's review

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dark fast-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

a nasty, brutal, gory, uncomfortable book.

twelve children are killed or die in increasingly awful, graphic ways. more battle royale for six year olds than lord of the flies.

from a writing perspective: no story, run-on sentences, confusing turns of phrase, poor character choices. leans heavily into the idea of fables and being one, only to have no moral itself. it's just gratuitous violence and children's misfortune described in graphic detail.

hated this. don't know why i even read it. can't quite comprehend the sheer amount of 5 star reviews either. this is your favourite book? this one???? get help

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