Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

36 reviews

rjkadlick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

hello i’m jeff probst and this is survivor. we’ve got special tribes for you this time - the boys from lord of the flies vs the animals from animal farm. who’s winning?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

lilligray's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

sky_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would. I’m someone who loves character analysis so this book was great for that. The underlying tones of war and morality add a lot of depth to what seems like a simple story. Not my favorite writing style, and in my opinion Golding did not do a good job at reminding readers how young the boys really were. Despite this it’s a real page turner that constantly leaves you thinking “there’s no way this can get any worse” but spoiler alert it does. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

axeles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

i read this in class very long ago but i remember really enjoying it. not that it has any bearing on the book but the movie is ok too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, and Abandonment

thearchivist03's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.5

I deduct 0.5 a star because realistically, all these kids should've died in that fucking plane, and then this whole situation would've been avoided. Also, there's no women or girls, and I can't tell if that's a good or bad thing. I got an 85 on my paper about this book. I should've gotten a 90, but apparently, my evidence wasn't enough. Fuck you, Golding. -0.5 stars for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

If you're wondering about any specifics, during one of the campfire scenes, there is a boy who rapes the dead pig on a spit. It's still debated if it actually happened, but majority of theories say yes. Lots of power dynamics really heavily learning into mob mentality and manipulation. The physical abuse are performed by the boys onto other boys. It never brinks onto anything sexual, though those topics do come up during analysis of the book.

probablyalice's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

lauryn_04's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

ladylovestead's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Hoooooo boy did I love this book! This was dark, twisted, surreal at times and just so, so good. I'm glad I read this as an adult because I never would have caught all the glorious nuance had I read it when I was younger. This book kept me on the edge of my seat and had me gasping when things happened to certain characters. It's an interesting study on feral humanity and definitely stands the test of time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child death

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

makenna_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and War