Member Reviews

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  2 of 2 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 2 stars

  “An adventure tale in its purest form, a thrilling and elegantly told account of a group of British schoolboys marooned on a tropical island. Alone in a world of uncharted possibilities, devoid of adult supervision or rules, the boys begin to forge their own society, their own rules, their own rituals. With this seemingly romantic premise, Golding exposes the duality of human nature itself—the dark, eternal divide between order and chaos, intellect and instinct, structure and savagery. Very scary...”

  Karen K (K2) wrote this review Saturday, May 24 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  2 of 2 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 4 stars

  “A riveting, horrifying parable about the human condition, about the meaning of civilization, about the evil we're all trying to hold back. Eternally relevant.”

  Tinky wrote this review Tuesday, January 15 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “This is a hard book to review. I give it five stars. How can I not? It is seminal. It is such a strong book it has crossed into our cultural references. It is very well written.
  
  If you don't believe man is totally depraved, then this is the book for you. It's not exactly an "upper."
  
  Why do I think this book is great and "Naked Lunch" is hideous? I am not sure. Perhaps because the evil here is shown as evil, not as some great new thing we all should try.”

  Monika R wrote this review Saturday, July 5 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “Lord of the Flies was one of those books that every middle school student should read. This could be considered a controversial book but its still a good one. It discusses how culture created by man fails, using as an example a group of British school-boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results. Its stances on the already controversial subjects of human nature and individual welfare versus the common good earned it position 70 on the American Library Association's list of the 100 most frequently challenged Books.(Wikipedia) This is a great book to read with your class. It does have some more difficult words and topics within the book but is a overall good story that students should read. The class would learn what it means to govern ones self and to how they would feel on a deserted island. ”

  ashley p wrote this review Wednesday, March 26 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “As with many, I read this classic work in high school. Too bad, I should definitely re-read it now that I am no longer at a "brain-dead" stage of life :) Seriously, I still remember the impact that this book had on me as a teen-ager. I immediately identified with Piggy, admired Ralph, and was frightened by what's-his-name (Jack . . . I peeked). And I really wanted that conch! That's all I remember; however I can put enough pieces together from memory to realize that I was supposed to have learned something about human personalities and society. I hope to find time to re-read Golding's famous novel.”

  tapbirds wrote this review Thursday, November 1 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “"The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon."
  
  There's Ralph, there's Piggy and there's Jack. Three out of a group of British boys whose plane has crashed and who are lost on an island, whose stories form the main part of the novel's plot. Shades of a modern television program. I first read this slender little book in high school, on my own, and I zeroed in on the horror and the terrible way the boys reverted to savage behavior. But I've reread, and I see it more as a story meant to symbolize how people in general act when fear, hunger, and danger surrounds them. It might be interesting to read High Wind In Jamaica in connection with this story. ”

  sthurner wrote this review Sunday, December 10 2006. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “this was a very good book and very well written. but both moveies that were made we not very good ald lacked depth.”

  johnny g wrote this review 5 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “To have started off at a slow begining, this book turned out to be amazing. It is by probably one of the greatest books I have read. It has a strong and deep story line about how suffering can change us all, and the people we meet along the way can make all the difference. I recommend it only to people who really want to take the time to analyze it.”

  Annie L. J wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “This is not just a story about young boys, but asks whether or not it is "natural" for mankind to be civilized. The falling away of rational thought, reason and civilizing rules leaves us with beliefs in beasties, and rule by terror and control. Survival and control by the strongest for their benefit, instead of the ruling and care by the strongest for the benefit of all - which is the more likely outcome? Just where would we fit in as an individual if we stripped away our civilized veneer? A fantastic look at one man's thought in that regard.”

  Suzanne I wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )