How deeply ingrained are people's "animal nature?" With all constraints of authority and society removed, how many of us would regress to "savages?" And how quickly? These are the questions dealt with in William Golding's classic 1954 novel, Lord of the Flies. Of course, the word "savage" can carry ...
Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us Yeah, that quote just about sums up the subtlety of this book for me. I mean, not that lack of subtlety is a prerequisite for enjoyment, but I just didn't get out of this book what I might have done had it been a formative experience for me. I read this b...
Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us Yeah, that quote just about sums up the subtlety of this book for me. I mean, not that lack of subtlety is a prerequisite for enjoyment, but I just didn't get out of this book what I might have done had it been a formative experience for me. I read this b...
Some books have windows of maximum enjoyment - they are best read at specific times in one's life. This past year I've been making an effort to read some of the "classics" I missed in my youth, and I think I would have loved this book had I read it when I was younger. Unfortunately, I suspect I miss...
I actually read another version of this book (I'm rather particular about getting the right cover if possible) but it's the one with the face with bugs on it and it completely freaked me out. This was another book that I attempted to read in High School (I felt that reading Harry Potter for AP was c...
I really don't see the big deal with this book. It was a drag for me, am I missing something? I watched the movie trailer to the 1990's version and it looked like it had some action and excitement.The only thing that kept me reading was to see if the children got off the island and even that was a b...
5/4 - This is a hard book to review, but I can definitely say I'm enjoying it. The motivations of some of the characters are beyond me. There doesn't seem to be a 'nice' boy among the whole lot of them. Maybe Piggy, but he seems to spend the whole time following the boys who are cruel to him, whi...
For some reason I thought I have already read this book, certainly I know the story quite well from the two movie versions that I have seen. I even added it to my Goodreads bookshelf and rated it five stars. I have been looking forward to “rereading” Lord of the Flies for a while only to find that I...
5/4 - This is a hard book to review, but I can definitely say I'm enjoying it. The motivations of some of the characters are beyond me. There doesn't seem to be a 'nice' boy among the whole lot of them. Maybe Piggy, but he seems to spend the whole time following the boys who are cruel to him, whi...
I read and studied this in school. I didn't much like the writing style, but the Golding does effectively create the atmosphere he wants.The progressive breakdown of goodwill and friendliness among the boys marooned on a desert island is usually taken to suggest that humans are essentially base, aut...
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