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Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Start date: September 18, 2016

Finish date: October 18, 2016

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What Members Thought

Aug 10, 2010 Aurelie rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics

Lord of the Flies is a great book, but I can't say I enjoyed it. Reading it even made me sick, to be honest. It was really disturbing and horrifying.
The story begins with a plane crashing on an isolated island. The adults (pilots and probably teachers) are killed, and the only survivors are school boys below the age of 13. The kids are at first really happy to be left alone on their own, without grown ups, but some of them soon realise that this isn't a game and try to keep a signal fire to att ...more

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May 10, 2021 Tim rated it it was amazing

Shelves: water100a, guardian50, virgin-30, big-read-200, 99-for-99, 1001-to-read-before-you-die-2006, 30before30, wbn100, 1001-to-read-before-you-die-2008, horror-the-100-best-books

This ticks off a book from quite a few of my lists, as it is often cited on "best ofs".

This book is great, i stayed up late to finish it and then couldnt sleep.

A group of English schoolboys get stranded on an island with no adults and slowly descend into anarchy. The book is so ingrained into popular culture now and you can see why.

It is absolutely marvellous that's why and rightly takes its place amongst the foremost post war british literature. ...more

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Dec 25, 2015 Sarah rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: classics

Everyone told me this book was weird. I had no idea that the weirdness would start by page 10 and that it would turn downright disturbing by the end. I think that was the point of the book. But that doesn't mean it was my cup of tea. ...more

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