Lord of the Flies
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- Author：William Golding
- ISBN：0399501487
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Reviews
Rizwan
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Dark the way the book deals with human survival instincts， from the beginning of the book up until the end。 Its the survival that wins， removing aways the weak， the just， the sane （apparently） and anything else that comes its way。 Its just the instinct of survival that prevails。 This book provides a gentel reminder of what it all matters in the end or in the beginning。
Alvin
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Fuck you jack， I don care if you know how to clap your hands。
Syed
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Interesting story but I don't like it bc the bad guy didn't get punished。 Interesting story but I don't like it bc the bad guy didn't get punished。 。。。more
Manika D。
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"Maybe there is a beast。。。What I mean is。。。maybe it's only us。"。This is a brilliant work of parody， fantasy， horror。。。of human beings （a group of boys stranded on an island with no grownups） descending into the all too familiar darkness that lives inside us， even if we erroneously read the signs of it in our environs。 The boys （majority of them strangers， barring the chorus group adorning dark robes） begin by trying to establish order。。。with a leader， a conch shell that signals when a meeting is "Maybe there is a beast。。。What I mean is。。。maybe it's only us。"。This is a brilliant work of parody， fantasy， horror。。。of human beings （a group of boys stranded on an island with no grownups） descending into the all too familiar darkness that lives inside us， even if we erroneously read the signs of it in our environs。 The boys （majority of them strangers， barring the chorus group adorning dark robes） begin by trying to establish order。。。with a leader， a conch shell that signals when a meeting is in session and in defining roles - hunters， shelter builders， et al。 But soon， as Joan Didion says in her seminal essay Slouching Towards Bethlehem （which I am currently reading）， "the centre is not holding"。 The island rules begin to disintegrate as the temporary world created by the stranded boys descends into chaos。 The book， written in 1954， is an iconic tale of a fleeting sense freedom and hope of adventure turning into collapse of order。I have avoided spoilers of how， who and what。I cannot recommend this book enough。 。。。more
Danika Giron
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Gets really interesting 1/3 in， and I really liked the ending
ella
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At first i found it hard to get into the book， but at the end i couldn’t put it down， because so much crazy， terrible things happened。 The character development （or decrease lmao） is fascinating。 Loved it！
Yamileth Pineda
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Wowowow what a great way to tell a story of authority and control。 An engaging yet insightful story that doesn't filter the losses。 Loved every bit of it Wowowow what a great way to tell a story of authority and control。 An engaging yet insightful story that doesn't filter the losses。 Loved every bit of it 。。。more
Celia
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A solid book， cool perspective from children seeking to find some collectivity and survive。 Confusing at times but overall good。
Hunter Hoffman
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3。25。 Didn’t love the way it was written。 Delivers a strong message though。
Matthew Mendoza
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I read this while I was on a plane trip going home from the Philippines。 Not the best to read about a plane crash on a plane BUT I thoroughly enjoyed the story！ I always appreciated when a book presented effective imagery， and it did outstanding work in that regard。
Erika Štefanková
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There is a passage at the end， where Golding described the point of the book as "The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable"， which is an incredible idea and you can feel it through the whole book。 However， his writing style is a bit boring as the descriptions are unnecessarily long and sometimes I got lost。 There is a passage at the end， where Golding described the point of the book as "The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable"， which is an incredible idea and you can feel it through the whole book。 However， his writing style is a bit boring as the descriptions are unnecessarily long and sometimes I got lost。 。。。more
yelenska
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Relecture pour mon mémoire terminée。 On est passé de 3 à 4 étoiles， parce que je pense que c'est un livre sympa la première fois， et beaucoup plus impactant lors d'une deuxième lecture （ce que j'ai accompagné d'une analyse de texte plutôt poussée vu que mon livre est rempli de marques pages， stabilo et notes）。 C'est un livre peu aimé mais je pense qu'il mérite qu'on lui donne une chance。 J'expliquerai dans une ou deux vidéos pourquoi。 （Par contre， ne pas lire si l'idée de dépeindre des "sauvages Relecture pour mon mémoire terminée。 On est passé de 3 à 4 étoiles， parce que je pense que c'est un livre sympa la première fois， et beaucoup plus impactant lors d'une deuxième lecture （ce que j'ai accompagné d'une analyse de texte plutôt poussée vu que mon livre est rempli de marques pages， stabilo et notes）。 C'est un livre peu aimé mais je pense qu'il mérite qu'on lui donne une chance。 J'expliquerai dans une ou deux vidéos pourquoi。 （Par contre， ne pas lire si l'idée de dépeindre des "sauvages" comme quelque chose de négatif vous dérange 🤷🏻♀️） 。。。more
Matthew
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Have you ever re-read a book that you remember really enjoying but that doesn’t hold up as well as you remember upon re-reading it？ That’s how I feel about William Golding’s 1954 classic， “Lord of the Flies，” which I first read nearly a decade ago， while I was in high school。 The story of “Lord of the Flies” follows a group of schoolboys， who find themselves on an uninhabited island after a plane crash。 The boys attempt to form a civilized society as they await rescue but slowly descend into hor Have you ever re-read a book that you remember really enjoying but that doesn’t hold up as well as you remember upon re-reading it？ That’s how I feel about William Golding’s 1954 classic， “Lord of the Flies，” which I first read nearly a decade ago， while I was in high school。 The story of “Lord of the Flies” follows a group of schoolboys， who find themselves on an uninhabited island after a plane crash。 The boys attempt to form a civilized society as they await rescue but slowly descend into horrifyingly savage behaviours as power struggles， politics， and the dark side of humanity erode the rules of polite society。 This book is still horrifying and terrifying， after all these years。 The story of this book is still as raw， impactful， important and disturbing as it was when I first read it， but the reason for my low rating is because of the awkward dialogue， clumsy formatting and dense prose， which render a brilliant story almost completely unreadable。 I managed to push through and complete the book but if you have any interest in this story， I HIGHLY recommend you seek out the 1963 film adaptation， rather than read the source material。 。。。more
Elizabeth Buerkle
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“You see the conch is a symbol for sex” -any English teacher
Evan
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3。5/5A good read delving into the nature of humankind， but very surface level allegorical。 Most of the characters feel one note， and some are barely distinguishable from the others。 The narration changes perspectives with little to no indication and it's not always clear who is talking or who is thinking。 The collapse of the society built by the kids is interesting to watch， and the deaths we encounter have varying degrees of impact on the story and the characters。 3。5/5A good read delving into the nature of humankind， but very surface level allegorical。 Most of the characters feel one note， and some are barely distinguishable from the others。 The narration changes perspectives with little to no indication and it's not always clear who is talking or who is thinking。 The collapse of the society built by the kids is interesting to watch， and the deaths we encounter have varying degrees of impact on the story and the characters。 。。。more
Kei
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I'm glad that I pushed through reading this novel。It is kind of slow-paced at first and I got a little bored while reading it lol but starting the last 5 chapters I became hooked。 The last chapter made my heart throb at first but the ending almost made me cry I didn't expect it to happen！Golding builds this book's foundation on the idea of civilization/morality and savagery/evilness。 It shows that civilization/morality is learned and not innate。 It shows how important it is to have and obey rule I'm glad that I pushed through reading this novel。It is kind of slow-paced at first and I got a little bored while reading it lol but starting the last 5 chapters I became hooked。 The last chapter made my heart throb at first but the ending almost made me cry I didn't expect it to happen！Golding builds this book's foundation on the idea of civilization/morality and savagery/evilness。 It shows that civilization/morality is learned and not innate。 It shows how important it is to have and obey rules to have a more systematic and peaceful life。 。。。more
Cristina Aguilar
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Es una buena lectura， un poco lenta al principio e incluso inocente， pero a medida que avanza la trama， podemos notar que se va convirtiendo en algo más。
saderred
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There were so many bad things about this book and I could point every single one and I wouldn't be done。The motive itself is good， but the whole rest was just painful and I was literally grateful when I finished it。 First of all， the writing was just bad， messy and for most of the time I couldn’t understand everything just because of that style。 Then - characters， literally the only people who i could bear somehow was Simon and Ralph， the rest， I just wanted to punch them and shut them up。I also There were so many bad things about this book and I could point every single one and I wouldn't be done。The motive itself is good， but the whole rest was just painful and I was literally grateful when I finished it。 First of all， the writing was just bad， messy and for most of the time I couldn’t understand everything just because of that style。 Then - characters， literally the only people who i could bear somehow was Simon and Ralph， the rest， I just wanted to punch them and shut them up。I also think there weren't enough events that could actually affect them， of course the motive of getting wild and going against rules was obvious and it was something that had to happen， but the way it did， terrible。 Totally didn’t enjoy that， I would change so many things and definitely will forget quickly about it。 。。。more
Khaleen
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Honestly should have DNF’ed at 50%。 After that I lost interest， I couldn’t tell you what happened， I was too bored。 🤷🏾♀️
Ray Kha
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WOW！ What a read。 #damiedamiedamieThis book is different from what I usually read。 It is disturbing， horrifying， fascinating， intriguing， and amazing。 Can you imagine a group of schoolboys of about 4-12 age groups are all on their own？ On their own for like survival！ Another thought-provoking read for the year on humanity， human nature， and human civilization。 They say， "better late than never"， but still I feel what took me so long to read this book？ Whatever grownups do kids imitate them， so b WOW！ What a read。 #damiedamiedamieThis book is different from what I usually read。 It is disturbing， horrifying， fascinating， intriguing， and amazing。 Can you imagine a group of schoolboys of about 4-12 age groups are all on their own？ On their own for like survival！ Another thought-provoking read for the year on humanity， human nature， and human civilization。 They say， "better late than never"， but still I feel what took me so long to read this book？ Whatever grownups do kids imitate them， so be careful about what you do。 In the story， they elect a leader and try doing things that they thought grownups would do？ So， this story is full of terror and bullies。 Isn't it saddening that kids try imitating adults and what they have learned is to bully and kill without even feeling guilty？ There is a power struggle between group leaders， the concept of fear， a struggle between right and wrong， rescuing and hunting。 I always want to remember this， Ralph is an optimistic， democratic leader， believes in law， governance， and civil society however， there came a moment when he desperately prayed that the beast would prefer littluns instead of him， and also he actually enjoyed hunting and almost killed Robert with spears。 Golding implied that every individual， however strong his or her instinct towards civilization and order， has an undeniable， innate drive toward savagery as well。 Highlights:1。 “What are we？ Humans？ Or animals？ Or savages？”2。 “We did everything adults would do。 What went wrong？”3。 "Life's scientific， but we don't know， do we？ Not certainly" 。。。more
Bri
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i was supposed to read this in eighth grade for school but then my la teacher literally ghosted us in the middle of the year so。。。。。 reading it now i suppose！
Lydia
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Slow paced… read in English class
Daley
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I did not enjoy Golding's writing style。 The concept and plotline were alright， but his prose really put me off。 Note that this may be influenced by the text size of my copy; it might have just made it more unpleasant for me to read。 I did not enjoy Golding's writing style。 The concept and plotline were alright， but his prose really put me off。 Note that this may be influenced by the text size of my copy; it might have just made it more unpleasant for me to read。 。。。more
Kacey Riel
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Super grateful for my sophomore year English teacher who explained the mess （in a good way） that this book is。
Ginger
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Loved it back in high school。 Love it still。 Inherent evil as well as essential human goodness exists within each of us。 We are all part Jack， Piggy， Ralph and Simon。
Mario Samison
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Slow start but at some point I couldn't stop reading Slow start but at some point I couldn't stop reading 。。。more
Olivia
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3。5 stars Golding uses a lot of personification to give the reader the impression that the island is alive and menacing， which at first I thought was beautiful writing。 however， this got old after a while and i found whole paragraphs just didn’t make sense to me， which took a lot of enjoyment out of the story。 I loved and hated this book at the same time， the start and end were really interesting and kept me reading but the middle bored me and I thought I was going to have to DNF。 my rating chan 3。5 stars Golding uses a lot of personification to give the reader the impression that the island is alive and menacing， which at first I thought was beautiful writing。 however， this got old after a while and i found whole paragraphs just didn’t make sense to me， which took a lot of enjoyment out of the story。 I loved and hated this book at the same time， the start and end were really interesting and kept me reading but the middle bored me and I thought I was going to have to DNF。 my rating changed so drastically throughout the whole book but the overall message I took from the book was very interesting。 I must admit that parts did shock me and I wasn’t expecting the story to develop the way it did which was a pleasant surprise。 we did lose 2 of my favourite characters though :（ doubt I will re-read this one but it was a rollercoaster ride！！ 。。。more
Agna
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3。5/5
Kylee Renee’
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Overall I did not enjoy this book。 I had to read it for an English assignment and was miserable the entire time。 I just couldn’t get into it。 No hate towards anyone who does enjoy it though。 :）
Markuk
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