swordmage | Why am I not surprised?

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Amazon.com Knee-jerk Contrarian Game." Pick a classic on amazon.com, then read the customer reviews starting with "worst reviews first." Watch people miss the point or not know there was a point or accuse Dr. Seuss of satanist tendencies. Or, find ones you agree with and wonder whether you're stupid and tasteless or whether at last we'll all see the naked emperor.

So here comes Lord of the Flies.

In all honesty, "Lord of the Flies" is probably the most painfully boring story (and I use that word loosely) *growl* that I have ever had the misfortune of reading. The plot is simple soo not true and the characters are presented in a way that makes them difficult to enjoy reading about. not really The book is around 150 pages, which is strange, seeing that it took me about three weeks to finish because I had to will my eyes to lurch over every page. Other than it being the most uninteresting book one can find, the characters make me equally angry. I realize just as well as the next person that they're stuck on an island and that they're all younger than me, but these children are just unimaginably dense throughout the story. They become so out of touch with reality not like the kids becoming savages without human supervision is *important* in any way... that they even take to hunting down their leader. he disagrees with the coir boys and co. What am I supposed to find symbolic and interesting about that? People keep going on about how this book is teaming with symbolism, but I'm just not seeing it, just because you have a bunch of kids stranded on an island doesn't mean that that relates to religion, society, etc. Aside from the characters annoying me at a personal level, the way the author portrays them is even more ridiculous. If William Golding spent half as much time on the plot, and not describing the children and scenery, he may have had a half-decent story on his hands. If someone is looking for a decent book about survival, try "The Stand" by Stephen King, at least he made it interesting to read. *sob*

I read this book for English, and I was looking forward to it. I am obsessed with Survivor, so I thought it would be fun. What. The. Hell. WRONG!!! It is incredibly boring and disgusting. I was very much disturbed when I found young children killing each other. actually, if I recall correctly, they only kill Piggy and the circumstances surrounding Simon's death are somewhat vagueI think that anyone with a conscience would agree with me. Please, only read if you must. Also, a note to English teachers: Please don't force your students to read such foul writings!!! actually, it's probably one of the best books one can read during your teenage years, IMO

That filth such as this is mandatory reading in many schools across the country is a damning testament to the class-nature of the ideology peddled in America's institutions of "learning." funny, most of the stuff that's required reading in the public schools (at least around here) is either Shakespeare (where they don't get into many of the finer points) or pointless drivel.

It just makes me laugh
This book doesn't deserve a review. With all due respect, Golding couldn't write a good book to save his life. His writing is reminiscent of Tolkien's; he comes up with a great story, and then ruins it with horrible writing. But I suppose I should stop ranting about the book and get on to a summary.
A relatively large group of young boys are marooned on an island. One young boy, Ralph, decides he's the leader because has in his possession a conch shell, which most SpongeBob fans will recognize from one of the episodes. In his "Inner Circle," there are some other boys: Piggy, an unpleasantly fat asthmatic intellectual; Samaneric, two twins who individually are Sam and Eric, and the "littleuns," some of the youngest boys who can't get it through their thick skulls that they're lost on a deserted island. Ralph is encountering problems with Jack, the leader of the boy's choir, who has a rebellious soul. Without spoiling too much of the story, Jack gets mad, runs off with most of the boys, and several other events that fail to stimulate the brain. In the end, they are all rescued by the Royal Navy, (they're British,) and they all live happily ever after, minus a pudgy pain-in-the-rear. If you ask me, I would have been a bit more pleased if they all died.
This summary may sound choppy and rushed, because the book is choppy and rushed. The author had several chances to redeem himself, but why only put the book's namesake in a one-and-a-half page segment of the book that has no symbolism, real or otherwise. When you look back at the story, you may think, "Wow, that sounds really cool!" And the story is, but it makes no sense, and the parts that do are just plain dull. In the hands of a good author, namely Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, and especially Orson Scott Card, this book may have been one of my all time favorites. Goodkind and Card would have turned the book into an action-packed book with beautiful internal conflicts, and Jordan would describe the island with such vivid detail I would feel like I wanted to get lost on an island myself. However, as it is, I'm now terminally afraid of anything surrounded by water on all sides.
The point I'm trying to get around here is this: Great story, God-awful writing. I'd only give this book a one out of ten, the one only for story. In a videogame, even if the game isn't too pretty, if it has a great core, it's a wonderful experience. With books, however, that's just not true.

And here I just gave up.
I had to read this book for literiture class I hated it. my teacher rattled on about the symbolizm in this book.It was so boring and kinda gory.Plus no girls, wasnt they susposed to repopulate the world after nuclear war so not possible wih only boys. The one thing i found interesting was how they acted like wild animals after they had been on the island a while.that was kinda cool.But it was to confusing *laughter sputters forth*