Lord of the Flies in Read the Movie

Nov 17, 2011 Henry Avila rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A British airplane on fire crashes on a deserted isolated South Sea's island, in the middle of an atomic war set in the near future . All the grown-ups are killed and only children 12 and younger survive, how are they to cope (basically an allegorical story of what is human nature , good or evil ?) . Ralph is chosen leader, "Piggy" his intellectual sidekick he wears glasses, this beautiful green tropical coral isle with a blue lagoon magnificent palm trees, better yet coconut trees too and plent ...more

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Oct 26, 2014 W rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: oh-no, classics, kindle, books-turned-into-movies, not-for-me, not-worth-it, avoid, soon-forgotten

I heard a lot about this book and movie and how great it was, and it seemed to me like an intriguing story, but i was really disappointed. I suppose i had set up too high a standard for this book.

In all fairness it is good story about society in a way, but what it tells us is that we are all basically just savages. Maybe that is a true in a way, but this book didn't grip me, i found it rather dull and the story obvious. I did not like any of the characters, none seemed to have real depth or emo ...more

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Jan 22, 2022 Krishna Chaitanya rated it it was amazing

The gradual change in tone in this book is so incredibly well done. This book was so ahead of it's time. I've always wanted to read this book and I'm glad I finally got to read it. I was expecting a lot of gore and what I got was a dark reflection of how humanity eventually ends up digging itself back into darkness as a society... Even if it's on a deserted Island where you have every means to restart life afresh. There's no escaping the primal violence within all of us. ...more

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May 24, 2014 Ruo Nan rated it liked it

Shelves: 3-stars

I liked the Lord of the Flies. I didn't hate it. I didn't love it. I liked it.
I wasn't a big fan of the style of writing but I liked the theme and the events that occurred and how it developed the story. ...more

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