Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

47 reviews

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A classic and quite enjoyable despite a few out of date sentiments.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

_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

figsofpeach's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racial slurs and War

mela_tonin's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

• 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, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ailurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Minor: Racial slurs

exclipse's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, and Racial slurs

affectionatelyrs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.25

didn’t particularly enjoy the prose, nor do i agree with the perspective of the author. i understand this was written in the ‘50s but wow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Child death

condor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

I understand the thought experiment behind it but perhaps it just hasn't aged well 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Racial slurs

nineinchnails's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

i liked this way more than i expected to! i haven’t read a classic (outside of rereads) in years so i thought the prose would give me a headache but i actually found it quite charming. it does get a little waffly at some parts but i guess cause i know it was written like a million years ago i have a higher tolerance for it. 

i love the premise and i think the pacing was perfect for me. it felt a little slow in the first half (or longer im not quite sure) and then picked up fast like the calm before the storm. i do wish there was a little more development with the characters - at some points i was having a hard time figuring out who was speaking, too - but it wasn’t a massive issue with this since it still holds up quite well. it’s darker than i expected for a children’s book, but that’s what made it so hard for me to put down. the overall message was pretty bleak but i think the ending helped a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racial slurs, Death of parent, and War