Lord of the Flies by William Golding

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

BBC’s Big Read #70

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“The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable.”
– William Golding

This quote and this book represent my misanthropic views on governmental systems and sociopolitical issues in general. It’s a struggle to get through because the parable aligns so acutely with my pessimistic outlook on authority. I love and hate this book in equal measure.

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𝓟.𝓢. This review was crossposted from Goodreads because it contains actual thoughts rather than a typically facetious single-sentence remark. View all my book ratings and pointless takes on Goodreads or The StoryGraph.