Final post

Hello readers!

The last 100 pages went away fast! It was much easier and more interesting to read the second half of the book than the first one. (Spoilers in the following paragraphs, you have been warned)

The pace really picked up after Jack left the tribe and they had the feast in the forest. I didn’t really expect that the figure that emerged from the forest was Simon. However, he was killed by the rest of the gang in the chaos of the feast. I was surprised that Piggy died later on, since he wasn’t really involved in the fight between Jack and Ralph.

Lord of the Flies was easy to read and there wasn’t really that many characters to keep track of. There was a lot of action in the end, but the start was kind of slow. The ending went maybe a bit too quick. It felt like the conclusion was rushed a bit. I liked that the society of kids seemed to work fine in the beginning, then the whole “society” went haywire and chaos ensured. My predictions were right as Jack betrayed Ralph after a while.

I am not used to read novels, so it was difficult to read between the lines and try to understand the meaning underneath. For example, I had to read the two pages about Simons death three times to actually understand that Simon was the shadow and that the tribe killed the shadow. Overall, I rate the book as a solid 9 on a scale from 1 to 10. The ending was what dragged it down from a 10. If the story didn’t end as suddenly as it did, then it would have been perfect. Of course, that’s only my opinion.

It has been 3 long weeks of blogging. See you soon!