Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

230 reviews

ortneram's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I reread this book since I haven't since high school, just to see what it was like as an adult. Though I understand the premise of reading it in high school, looking deeply at human nature and the repercussions of it, I think there are probably better books out there to accomplish it.

The character development is slim, the plot is fairly stationary, and the prose is much more wordy than necessary. It actually takes you out of the story, in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Violence

nujhakhan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

read for gcse :)

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: War

buud_w0rm's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This was such a good book. I wish this was assigned to me for school instead of Macbeth.

LEAVE JACK ON THE ISLAND.  Rip Simon and Piggy 🥺

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Toxic friendship

sydross's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

seeture's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The books is so very descriptive that it feels like watching a movie. This gets often reccomended as a book to read in high school and I can see why. Its a pretty accurate depiction of what would happen if children, or even adults, trapped on an island would eventually become and eventually come to do. 
The point of the book, is think, is to show the society that is created at the start, founded on the good sense and civilization reached with the time spent in Britain, that without a solid foundation eventually shatters and the kids become savages, led by their instincts, without good sense to do whats rational, that is symbolised by keeping the fire up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

_p0ssum_'s review against another edition

1.25

Why does the school system still make us read this ?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia, and Murder

Minor: Racial slurs, Blood, and War

angie395's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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 death, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

winifara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit

lrk_07's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This book’s a good read if you like books with flawed characters. There’s definitely parts of the book that you have to interpret for yourself, which I liked. It makes you think about morals. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

rubberrosebooks's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War