Lord of the Flies

I am giving this book 5 stars, despite being sooo near DNF-ing it. Again. (I know that's a sin to say).

I started reading Lord of the Flies some two years ago, and I quite quickly DNF-ed it... But I knew I had to come back to it at a later date. The themes on human psychology just seemed too exciting. So I was a bit more prepared this time. I knew it was suuuuperslow in the beginning. But I didn't think it would be as slow as it actually was.

I have some words on the writing:
I just don't think me and William Golding vibe very well together. I could read a paragraph several times, and still don't understand anything. And I feel like this type of writing weirdly reminded me a bit of Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor...? Which I had to force myself to read through 6 months.. I don't know why it reminded me of Strange the Dreamer, but maybe some of the descriptions of the island made me remember the “dreamy”, almost “uneasy” feeling I got from Laini Taylor as well. Now that I'm thinking of it, maybe this was exactly what Golding wanted, though. To give the reader this sense of stress that something awful was going to happen. So maybe I actually like his writing after all?

The last couple chapters were the best, in my opinion. But there were a lot of important scenes earlier in the book as well, contributing to the angst in the end. I had to put down the book a little bit during the end chapters, because I was afraid that I might get a heart attack or something from how hard it was beating.

This is just a ruthless story. That's how I have to describe it. And it scares me that I could've been any one of these boys, if I were stranded on an island like them.

Actually, I think I like Goldings writing after all.