Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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Book Reviews of Lord of the Flies
Book Review: Narration
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this version of Lord of the Flies for my children, with the thought that listening to the author narrate the story would make it more interesting than it already is, as I was familiar with the story. My kids do not really like the narrator's way of reading and if I were to purchase this title again, I would look for a different version. One thing I enjoyed about this version was the commentary at the beginning from the author.Book Review: Bailey's Review
Summary: 2 Stars
In the novel Lord of the Flies, there is a direct correlation to the way the boys attempt to set up a form of organized government, and todays world. Ralph and Jack, the main characters, both seek to accomplish complete power of the island. Although they have a different opinion on how to run the island, each boy wants to be the leader and in complete domination.
Ralph is set up to portray the "good guy" or the protagonist of the story. He is voted the first to be in charge of everyone on the island and through the beginning of the novel tries to run the island through a democracy. But as the book continues, he begins to lose control and a more anamalistic behavior takes over. At the same time, Jack is competing against Ralph to turn all of the little children against Ralph to feed his hunger for power.
Jack is the obvious symbol of evil and wrong doing in the novel. As the book continues, Jack begins to feed more and more off of the power he recieves. Jack tries to turn the island into an anarchy. Ultimately Jack gains all of the power, out of pure fear from the little ones. The chronological order of the book also covers the necessary toics needed to show the rise and decline of the different leaders.
Book Review: Lord Of The Flies
Summary: 2 Stars
(Marooned)- Lord Of The Flies
I some what liked this book it was really for people who like blood and gore kind of stuff.
What I didn't like about this book was that it carried on conversaions that really didn't even make any sence at all to this book.
If anyone was to read this book Lord Of The Flies I would basically suggest this book only to people who love to picture blood every where. I would describe the plot basically as all about blood nothing much too it just a couple of boys marooned on an island and nothing to do but kill other things, well i won't tell the whole story cause that would just give the book away. Lord Of The Flies is not based on an true story obviously. If there was any other books to come out like Lord Of The Flies I probabaly wouldn't read it just considering it wasn't my type of book to read. I read more of comedy, and ect.
When your reading thiis book you can basically look at it as a movie it runs through your head and you can have a clear picture about all of the details and blood.
Consider reading the back cover of the book and notice that the author William Sir Golding is writng this book based on the 20th century european fiction.
Book Review: Great book, but the author's reading is terrible
Summary: 2 Stars
I love this book, but I wasn't halfway through the introduction when I realized how painful it would be to have the author read it to me. He sighs and breathes heavy in the middle of sentences, speaks in a monotone voice, and makes all the characters sound the same, which makes it hard to tell who is saying what during the book's argument scenes.
Overall, great story that deserved a professional voice actor to read it - somebody who could have made the story come alive. Any nuance the author could have added through his own insight into the story was lost in the lackluster presentation.
Book Review: Excellent story - not sure about the narrator...
Summary: 2 Stars
If I were scoring the story, it would have 5 stars. Unfortunately this reading my the author isn't all that great. For one, it's dated and the audio quality suffers from that. There is no consistency in the sound so one minute he sounds okay and the next as though he's stepped away from the microphone. Another annoying factor is the breathing and sighing while he's reading making the whole thing sound like a chore. It's a pity because this is an excellent story but the narration could use improvement.