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danimacuk's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Confinement, Excrement, War, and Classism
andoriachan'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
3.5
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Violence
greenrequiem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Gore, War, and Classism
thehawksflight's review against another edition
I choose to believe in the essential good of humans, even very young ones, with a tendency toward collaboration and altruism during calamity. William Golding clearly thought otherwise.
The trope(s) have been copied, parodied, interpreted so much over the years that I found the book itself hard to enjoy in its own right.
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Classism
thearchivist03's review against another edition
- 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
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.raveries's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Racism, Cultural appropriation, and War
sunny_not's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Torture