It was really interesting. I loved the dynamics, I felt certain archetypes were very real especially Ralph, Jack and Piggy. It made me think a lot on how certain types are and how the interactions go. Honestly, my only disappointment was that I had read it was a horror book and I expected more horror or supernatural things, and I kept waiting for Lord of the Flies. The scene was still very interesting.
I think some scenes were lost on me, especially with the locations. I kept reimagining some parts. Also at times I felt the writer was going somewhere but wasn't, such as when one of the biguns holds the kid to talk about the beast, and the kid sagged and yawned. It was preceded by the line "something strange happened", which gave it a certain otherworldly air, and I had assumed at first that the kid had entered an unusual stage. But he was just sleepy.
2 things stood out to me; Simon and Ralph seemed to be ill. Simon isn't just introverted, he faints and sees the pig head talking, which made me think that he was taking medications before and was now off them. Ralph kept losing his train of thought, which made it seem like he had some condition.
Glad I read it, though. After Lord of the Rings I managed to read this in only a few days.
by GamingNomad
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That’s a really thoughtful take! Its easy to miss how much of the horror is psychological rather than supernatural. I also read Simon as symbolic his visions feel more like commentary on human nature than literal illness.