Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

47 reviews

marslotus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Hey why'd Piggy say that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

Not sure I've ever had much interest in reading this, only I had a specific book I wanted to get to that's inspired by this - Lord of the Flyfest- (as well as some TV shows, films etc that takes inspiration from this classic) and wanted a better appreciation when the time comes.

Reminiscent of Peter Pan and the lost boys and some really good character analysis of humanity as a whole when faced with struggles. How we try to achieve this collective control at all times but quickly fall down to hysteria and paranoia when faced with the unknown.

I felt like this was a really interesting look at life with an island of stranded boys and how they try to survive the wilderness. 

I know a lot of this probably went over my head and that reflects in the rating as I didn't understand all the themes, but I'm glad I read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Gore, Racial slurs, and Blood

michayla13's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

andremay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Racism

charlotteer's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Racial slurs

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Atavistic mode activated. Justice for Piggy! About to wack these dumb kids with a conch 2🐷

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and War

todrick_the_tree's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Racial slurs

theyseemeyolin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Racial slurs

cowardlyteaman's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

I find this book very hard to rate, but I loved it nonetheless.

I read this for an English assignment, and I'm glad I did, as I've been wanting to read this for quite a while.

Admittedly, the start and up to the middle is a bit slow and not that interesting in terms of action, but I still find it very important to get to know the characters and how they go from being just a bit mean to being barbarians. However, the beginning too was far from boring, it was just slower than the second half.

It's appropriate for a very broad audience! Kids, teenagers, adults, and boys and girls. Of course, no book fits for everyone, but I'd recommend for everyone to try and read at least once.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Racism