nyctose's review against another edition
4.0
I can’t believe I put this off for so long. It is amazing.
I must admit I didn’t like the descriptive passages incorporated into the book but that’s only because I couldn’t stand the suspense and tension thrumming throughout the book and couldn’t wait to get to the main parts.
Definitely recommend.
I must admit I didn’t like the descriptive passages incorporated into the book but that’s only because I couldn’t stand the suspense and tension thrumming throughout the book and couldn’t wait to get to the main parts.
Definitely recommend.
alternbruno's review against another edition
3.0
Here's the drill with the book: the ammount of detailed descriptions and the constant need of sea-related vocabulary prevents most readers from getting easily all the tiny action movements. Secondly, the metaphors are so finely intertwined with the tale that they can be contained in a single sentence in the middle of a paragraph lost in the page.
Having said that: it is a quite brilliant and impressively written book. For the avid reader who wants vivid and lucid images about how a robinsonade should be narrated, this book is perfect. It is also noticeable the complex yet well derived metaphor about human societies and the civilization process going backwards. The kids slowly become something else than just mere kids and through their irrational impulses they (or at least some of them) start funding a group of ravenous savages that recognise no authority and act upon carnage as bees with honey.
Having said that: it is a quite brilliant and impressively written book. For the avid reader who wants vivid and lucid images about how a robinsonade should be narrated, this book is perfect. It is also noticeable the complex yet well derived metaphor about human societies and the civilization process going backwards. The kids slowly become something else than just mere kids and through their irrational impulses they (or at least some of them) start funding a group of ravenous savages that recognise no authority and act upon carnage as bees with honey.
jenmkin's review against another edition
3.0
Something about the fact that we have 10th graders read about how humanity is ultimately destructive and uncivilized if left to their own devices is absolutely wild to me
hamza_'s review against another edition
5.0
This book devastated me bro. Seeing empathy slowly deteriorate and savagery take hold of the boys throughout the book actually made me put the book down a couple of times. I think this book struck such a cord with me because I feel like I knew a couple of “Jack” like guys as a kid who were just one deserted island away from becoming psychopaths.
jimbokells's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
leelz_chows_books's review
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
zombi's review against another edition
1.0
Read for class during my sophomore year in high school --
I absolutely despise this book.
I absolutely despise this book.
mgoppert's review against another edition
3.0
The introduction to this book stated how Golding wanted to write a book on the realistic behaviors of boys, and that’s what this book is. This classic is shows that when left to their own devices, boys will devolve to savagery that not only become destructive to each other but the environment in which they inhabit. Typical. While this maybe a sardonic view of this book it was what made the plot probable. As I sat there reading the as the boys started to devolve into brutes I just sat there thinking “yeah that makes sense”. Not saying that if it was all girls stranded on an island that there wouldn’t be drama but dang we would at least figure out a way to clean ourselves