Lord of the Flies

I hate to read

3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

The story was very good. The recording sounded like it was done in a bathroom with an inexpensive microphone.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I've read that this book is now required reading for High School students and since I've experienced this book for the first time, I can see its application. The story is about a group of boys shipwrecked on an island who try to form their own society, and eventually fail miserably. They make careless mistakes in their environment and with each other that lead to this failure. The story is entertaining and offers many lessons in leadership, why laws are important and that we must all participate in a society or be doomed to savagery.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

A whole lot of boring talk just for some mild excitement toward the end, with an unsatisfactory end. The reader sounded bored by his own story. The message of the story was interesting and the pig head part was the coolest, I suggest you read this on your own, not this audio made it hard to enjoy.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I read it in preparation as required reading for a course I'm going to teach. I'm glad to now know the story and to better understand what transpired on the island. It's not the kind of book I'd typically be drawn to but I get why it ended up in the canon. I appreciate that the writer also narrated but there were times he sounded utterly bored with his own story. I also grew quite annoyed at the overuse of the word 'ululation' in the last couple of chapters.

I think it's cool

I think this is an exceptional account of a dystopic society.

it is a good book. I love it but I didn't want to read it in the beginning=_= but it really is a good book.

Great book with mild description love it ! The story though old has great characters and many conflicts that make it more interesting as the boys grow and have to work together

Good light read - kept me wondering what would happen to them. Although nothing like the professional actors who read books now, I liked that the author was the reader because he put his intentions into the reading.