Image via WikipediaThis is actually one of sis's old, brown and crumbly book but I decided that it was far more interesting than my Chemistry A2 book (the things we do in times of desperation!)
The story:
A group of boys are trapped on an island after a plane crash. With no adults around, the revel in their freedom, go on hunts, (try to) act like grown ups (eg hold meetings, segregate tasks etc) but eventually things go out of hand. The story gets frighteningly gruesome at the end!
Afterthought:
What will we truly become, without a system of rules, and without civility binding us together? What will happen when animal instincts set in? The novel attempts to answer these questions by portraying events on the island in a realistic way.
Though I found the book pretty classic literature-ish and hard to understand at parts, it's still pretty engaging and I finished it in 3 or 4 days!
Personal Rating: 4.6/5.0
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