A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast.
In this, his first novel, William Golding gave the traditional adventure story an ironic, devastating twist. The boys' delicate sense of order fades, and their childish fears are transformed into something deeper and more primitive. Their games take on a horrible significance, and before long the well-behaved party of schoolboys has turned into a tribe of faceless, murderous savages.
First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is now recognized as a classic, one of the most celebrated of all modern novels.
Didn’t age well
"So I joined a few other girls in doing a re read of this book. Now I normally never reread books but I did remember liking this one when I read it in high school for class jajaja. I had some slight memories of what happened in it. Plus I want to watch the new show haha. Unfortunately, for me this one didn’t hold up in time. When I re read this I found there were lots of repeat sentences and I found the pace super slow. I remembered that one of the characters dies but it literally took forever to get to it that it ended up being anti climatic for me. That’s why I don’t done reads lol. Would I recommend this at this age? No. As a teenager yes."
