Lau

I read this for English 9. Annddd... I love it, honestly. It is very reminiscent of the time period it was written in. A lot of other reviews criticize how long the author spends describing scenes with metaphors and elusive imagery, but I think it's important to do so. Without it, it would be frankly difficult to understand the setting. Each character is fleshed out just enough to be seen as what they stand for, and its important to remember while the book is about characters, different people, their issues and arguments, every person and object stands as something greater. All of it is a symbol for human nature. I honestly cried when the first death hit. It really illustrates how innocent people don't deserve to die, but even then, they do. And though one character didn't seem like a big deal, its what that character stood for, and what they meant in terms of a greater society. My classmates said the ending left something to be desired, but I personally enjoyed the rapid decline into something more mudane. Action doesn't have to be physical to be exciting. In the last scenes, when savagery fades, its made clear that in the end, these were all children, stripped far too young of their innocence by theirs and others actions. Would read again on my own free will.