Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

278 reviews

jminaprisc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Genuinely haunting - I couldn’t stop reading and finished the whole thing in one day. Intensely vivid descriptions of the island and the boys’ half-articulated thoughts as their grasp on civilisation breaks down. I will be searching for a deeper analysis of this book to find some sense of peace after reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Murder

meenot's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Blood

luca_b95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• 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

4.0

A classic and quite enjoyable despite a few out of date sentiments.

Piggy drops the N word then gets decimated by a rolling boulder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Racial slurs

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

hannah_hodges's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

Wow this was gripping. Made me want to revisit all the spark notes and bbc bite size websites to get all the analysis of the themes and symbolism at play. Looking forward to the BBC adaptation they’re filming! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

il0ve1t's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Child death