Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding

8 reviews

mme_carton's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Child death, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Death, Injury/injury detail, Torture, Bullying, and Cursing

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

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.

i_island's review

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

martzi's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Bullying, Blood, and Body shaming

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Gaslighting

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