Lord of the Flies

I read this book in middle school and it was great for making me ask deep and theological questions about human nature. I got to have some great conversations with my son a few years ago when he read this book in 8th grade. Be forewarned, there is violence in this book.

I think this book was great if you can look past violence in language and you can see there's a true work of art in this story. there is a few gory scenes in which a character's head gets split open by a rock and a kid is burned alive although we never get confirmation. another kid is torn apart by Spears the book overall is a great literature piece but I don't think it'd be good for anybody who can't quite understand the morals. this book is about savagery and Law and Order in about how if we were left to our own devices with no adult around we would probably descend into savagery going to our animal instincts.

This brings up so many educational questions about human nature and even today’s society. While it’s a little boring in some parts when you get past it, it will teach you valuable lessons.

I think it would be pretty gory for my 13 year old good christian kid. He isn't ready for something like this. I try to keep him away from gory games on the xboxs.

Great book and an easy read. I finished the book in four days. Welcome to a world where kids are stranded on an Island. Meet Jack, Ralph, Roger, Piggy, and Samneric. These characters will captivate you and also break your heart!

Lord Of The Flies was one of the first classics I ever read and it was a great intro. The setting is heavily described which can become a little repetitive at times, but creates a good picture in your brain. The Charecters in this book are very realistic and act as though they were really in this sitiouation. Overall a heavy read but very great story.

Awful, That’s it that’s all there is to say about it. First off it’s BORING I legit would rather watch paint dry. This book featured a Crappy plot, and is a nightmare to learn by if your kid says they have to right an essay on this book do them a favour and do it for them. That’s how bad this book is it should be used as a torture device. I gave the age rating a 10 because any one under that can’t handle the disappointment. The best part of this book was the end.

It's a disgusting book portraying a one sided and pessimistic view of humankind. It's disturbing and one of the worst books I've ever read. There are no deep analogies or anything of actual substance. It's simply a horrific account of meaningless violence among CHILDREN.

When I was in 7th grade I was forced to read this. At first I enjoyed it because of the violence and because I used to have violent tendencies as a kid. This book single handedly made my behavioral problems WORSE because it's central message is that as people we are naturally evil and violent and that if you are a child, you can kill your fellow children and as long as you are left alive, all will be forgiven. It's a disgusting piece of literature and it's a corrupting one at that. It's far worse than the Hunger Games because the main characters are not forced to kill each other, they choose to because of power. If I could rate 0 I would.

this book was absolute garbage, and it's so boring. my language arts teacher said this is her fav book, i can't see why. It's the literal most boring book on this earth, i don't see how anyone likes this book. Trash.