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mattyvreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Then, recently, I was looking through a list of classic books and I thought “why not?”
It is so understandable to me that this is a classic. It’s horrifyingly compelling and perfectly paced. The characters are memorable, and the philosophical discussion of human nature is just as mystifying today.
That debate is: in a perfect vacuum, or let’s say… an early 1950s deserted island suddenly infested with immature and uncooperative schoolboys — are people essentially good, or essentially bad, or essentially both? I bet Hobbes and Rousseau are getting all jazzed up in Heaven, just reading this damned review.
The book itself is incredibly well-written. The story builds to it’s climax in such a profound and unsettling way, as you see their humanity chip away and their animalistic urges take over. Golding prays on the reader’s imagination and paranoia. We see the boys suffer the same fate — they become pray to their own delusions and fear, and for some, it is the death of them. It’s a story of children, in over their heads, thinking (or forcing themselves to think in order to survive) that they have it all figured out. Suddenly living to survive turns into a new way of life, and eventually, living to kill.
Damn, I gotta quit while I’m ahead. That was good.
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Child death
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Mental illness
andrewhatesham's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Animal death
Moderate: Blood, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cursing, Murder, and Body horror
terezi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Bullying, Body horror, Blood, Death, Animal death, Murder, and Violence
yami_yaki's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death and Dementia
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Body horror
(all of this occuring around half of the book if not a little earlier) Not for people with weak stomachs, lots of mentions regarding blood, child traumatodrick_the_tree's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Racial slurs
traceyanderson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Body horror, Physical abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Violence
the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Murder, Bullying, Fatphobia, Animal death, and Violence
Moderate: Mental illness
henrye's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder, Fatphobia, Abandonment, War, Child abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death
agatha_hopkins's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Blood, Torture, Animal death, Murder, and Mental illness
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Body horror, and Blood
Minor: Vomit, War, Confinement, and Body shaming
mme_carton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Murder, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Child death, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Bullying, and Cursing