thehawksflight's review
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: Classism, Death, Mental illness, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Dysphoria, Ableism, and Gaslighting
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: Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Animal death, Death, Child death, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, and Toxic friendship
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.milichka's review
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Murder, Death, Animal death, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and War
Moderate: Physical abuse, Child death, Injury/injury detail, Child abuse, and Grief
Minor: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury
ulogil's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic friendship, Torture, Violence, and War
paulinskiii's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma
bailey_reyn's review against another edition
- 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
2.25
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and Abandonment
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting
Minor: Emotional abuse and Fire/Fire injury
gabrielleclarke05's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Toxic friendship, Violence, Murder, and Injury/injury detail
sssssoup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, and Vomit
Minor: Death of parent
longlostmarchsister's review
- 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
1.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Murder
kelseyr713's review against another edition
- 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
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.
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).