Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding

11 reviews

laindarko2's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, Animal death, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Bullying, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism and Injury/injury detail

jaylee_books's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Ableism, Blood, Gore, Violence, Bullying, Child death, Injury/injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Body shaming

thehawksflight's review

Marooned on an uninhabited island, 'civilised' children and prepubescents are presumably unable to democratise, instead regressing into various expressions of 'savage tribe' behaviour. The relatively short read is an exposition of groupthink/de-individuation, populism, superstition and even manslaughter, among other things if you want to go deeper in your anaylsis.

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.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Death, Mental illness, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Dysphoria, Ableism, and Gaslighting

north_elliot's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is really good! I love the descriptions, especially towards the end. I just wish he had made the kids older, like teens and tweens, instead of tweens and kids, so they could've been a bit more mature. I also feel like the ending was a little rushed (which I've noticed with many stories), and I didn't like it.

Spoiler

Also, I wish that Golding had chosen to have Jack and the Hunters kill Piggy and use his head as a second sacrifice instead of how he actually died. It would've been great to see Ralph's reaction to seeing his best friend's head as the Lord of the Flies and the hunters eating him. I also would've liked to see what happened to the boys after they were rescued, another reason why I wish they were older.

Other than that, I think this book is really great, and I wish the movies did the book more justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Bullying

thabsyleigh's review

dark reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body shaming

Minor: Racial slurs

raveries's review

challenging dark reflective 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

4.5

This is a brilliant book and a brutal deconstruction of the 'nice English kids are stranded on an island and have a jolly good time' trope popular in the first half of the 20th century. I hated it and would thoroughly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Fatphobia, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Classism, Death, and Racism

Minor: War, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

sunny_not's review

adventurous 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

This was super stressful. My stress levels were through the roof the last 30 pages. It's very dark and brutal (check the content warnings before reading this)  . I thought this was very smart, highlighting humanity's worst sides and putting a twist on other island stories. Although I enjoyed it there were many of its time elements which is the reason why I didn't give it a higher rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Death, War, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Gore, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Torture

storyspinner25's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Torture, and Toxic friendship

worm_book's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Well written and an interesting concept, though the author's portrayal of 'savagery' makes me feel quite uncomfortable, clearly implying that British 'civilisation' is morally superior to a jungle/forest lifestyle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, and Violence

kelseyr713's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I managed to go into The Lord of the Flies completely unspoiled, save for the presence of the conch. I had no idea that it was set in a near-future post-apocalyptic scenario, and immediately went to Wikipedia to get much-needed context for when it was written (and was interested to find out that it was written/conceived as a parody of adventure books).

The story is simple but powerful, the symbolism whacks you over the head, and the growing despair and bewilderment felt through Ralph and his allies is fantastically written. I could have done without the lengthy descriptions of the environment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing, Torture, and War

All content warnings are conducted by children (except war, in the background).