ZetsubouKaiji
Well-Known Member
I'm at the half of Lord of The Flies and I find it underwhelming in every way. Prose is bland, descriptions are not vivid or descriptive but rather basic with a low effort at being poetic, and the characters are standard stuff as well. I guess I could applaud it for not portraying kids horribly as many things tend to do, but not making anything interesting with em' either prevents me.
Agreed. It's good starter material, which is why it's required reading for most US high school lit courses, but it's reputation doesn't quite hold up for a more experienced reader. The bland prose are accessible enough that the average high school student isn't going to find them too intimidating and give up in frustration, but still makes a good entry point into talking about some of the more basic literary devices.