Lord of the Flies

[titan21]

I read this a month or so ago and I found it a bit disappointing. The language for me didn't really click - it just didn't chime with me at all. The story itself is excellent. An interesting examination of how kids would react in a tense situation. I sometimes wonder if there would be more bloodshed in a book set in the modern age. What did you think? Did you enjoy it?

[Scott]

I read it a long time ago. The vernacular is somewhat outdated if I recall. But the concepts have stuck with me. I very much appreciate the obvious parallel between the barbarity of the children and that in the world. Overall I would say I did enjoy it and I was not disappointed.

[Fran]

Read it years ago .... quite a disturbing book but then I was a child at the time.

[StephenKingman]

I agree with your perception of how it reads, for me it was quite hard to follow the paragraphs and disjointed nature of how the book jumped from one character to the next and at times i didnt actually which character was talking! A very good study of a small society broken down but not particularly memorable..

[titan21]

...i didnt actually know which character was talking! A very good study of a small society broken down but not particularly memorable..

This was one of my major bugbears with the book!

[Gannon]

Love it, one of my favourite books. I love how the children fall into the two groups, one trying to create a civilised state and the other totally barbaric and reverting to basic instinct and savagery. It raises questions about ourselves as a species, do all of us have this basic savage instinct in us and what would happen if society failed,say after a war.

[Ant]

Love it, one of my favourite books. I love how the children fall into the two groups, one trying to create a civilised state and the other totally barbaric and reverting to basic instinct and savagery. It raises questions about ourselves as a species, do all of us have this basic savage instinct in us and what would happen if society failed,say after a war.

The movies seem to think so don't they? You only have to look at the Mad Max films for savagery, and Waterworld to some extent.

[Mel Carriere]

I have to confess that I never understood all the buzz (unintentional play on words) about The Lord of the Flies. Of course, I read it as a teenager. Maybe another reading as an adult would make me appreciate it better.

[cityofthedead]

I had to read it in school and I really liked it. It showed how humans would decline into a barbaric state without any governing rules. The characters seemed real to me and I liked the writing style.