Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding

9 reviews

postit's review

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Fatphobia, Child death, and Confinement

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

lotus440's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Animal death, and Bullying

slammabangjoe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• 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

2.0

This was a difficult read. Both in the way it’s written, and the disgusting content. I’m not sure why this is known as one of those classic required readings for grade school. It’s graphic and jarring. 

There are so many characters who get mentioned so little and have zero development that they begin to merge together, or you’ll find yourself completely forgetting them.

I will say the effects of stress and panic on the main character were written subtly and well enough for the reader to not understand what’s happening to his mind right away. The way these young boys rationalize and comfort each other without letting themselves ask for comfort outright is realistic and sad.

So much is left unexplained in the end. Maybe it’s unsatisfying, maybe it’s effective in leaving you stunned and forcing you to fill in the gaps.

I was compelled to finish it, but I did not enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Death, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Murder, and Violence

sandy_21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, and Fatphobia

ulogil's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

By the end, I didn't think any of them diserved that ending. 

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Content Warnings

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

bailey_reyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

krdavis02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Mental illness

Minor: Murder