Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding

17 reviews

charley_books's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Bullying, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Fatphobia, Gore, and Injury/injury detail

johansene's review

adventurous challenging dark slow-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: Blood, Animal death, Fatphobia, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Torture

thearchivist03's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.5

I deduct 0.5 a star because realistically, all these kids should've died in that fucking plane, and then this whole situation would've been avoided. Also, there's no women or girls, and I can't tell if that's a good or bad thing. I got an 85 on my paper about this book. I should've gotten a 90, but apparently, my evidence wasn't enough. Fuck you, Golding. -0.5 stars for you.

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Content Warnings

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.

abbyycadabbyy's review against another edition

medium-paced

1.5

 MY Rating criteria

-          5 stars: The book must be absolutely amazing and leave me thinking about the book. I also have to love the book start to finish. Loveable characters. 1,000,000% Recommend! 

 

-          4.5 stars: The book was amazing. Left me thinking about it. Loved characters. But it fell short in some ways. 100% Recommend. 

 

-          4 stars: Really good. An overall well-rounded book. Just wasn’t amazing. Likeable characters. Strong/good plot. 75% Recommend. 

 

-          3.5 stars: Fell a little short of being a really good book. Still good. Maybe a character really got on my nerves. Or there was something in the story line I just didn’t like. 65% Recommend. 

 

-          3 stars: Fell a little short of being a really good book. An alright book. Maybe a few characters really got on my nerves. Or there was stuff in the story line I just didn’t like. 50% Recommend. 

 

-          2.5 stars: The book is bad… not horrible but still bad. There was something about the book I did like something that saved it. But overall, I didn’t like the book. 25% Recommend. 

 

-          2 stars: Bad. Something big that had to do with the story I didn’t like. Something about the book I couldn’t get over. But stuff I did like. 15% Recommend. 

 

-          1.5 stars: extremely disliked the book. Didn’t like the plot. Didn’t like the characters. There was something about the book I did like. 10% Recommend. 

 

-          1 star: Absolutely hated the book. Didn’t like any characters. Hated the story. Hated everything about the book. 100% would never Recommend. STAY AWAY! 

Written review

I had to read this book for school. Now, it's probably one of the best books I have read for school. With that being said I definitely would have never picked the book if I have any say in it.

      I thought the first 7ish chapters were SO slow keep in mind there were 12 chapters. I thought the characters forming their law and order was lame, and almost wasn't need. That's where we get to why the book has such a low rating from me. The whole first 7 chapters they did nothing but play, build shelter, nominate a chief and get food. The whole book revolves around the "boys get stranding on an island and have to make a society." Then out of nowhere the book takes a huge turn. I liked the last 5 chapters. But if a book takes 7 chapters for me to like it, I really don't think it is that good. 

     This was one of the first classics I have read. I am super upset because I really did want to like it. Of course, just because I don't like one classic doesn't mean I am not going to like other ones. Maybe that was the problem I wanted so badly to like it, because it was a book people told me I should read, and I would like. It also could have been that fact that I had to read it for school. I am sure that's not why I didn't like the book.

     Maybe, when I am older or if I get more interested in the concept of the book, I could see myself giving it another try. For now, though, this is how I feel about Lord of the Flies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Gore, War, and Child death

Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

bethy_joy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Fatphobia, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Injury/injury detail, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gore

Minor: War, Grief, Torture, and Body shaming

makenna_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Abandonment, Animal death, Violence, Injury/injury detail, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

isaaah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Child death, Death, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death of parent

strawberrytheauthor's review

adventurous dark sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Excrement, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Minor: Death of parent

milichka's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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 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

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