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ProgramCAT wrote:

Lord of the Rings/Flies...
Sounds similar.
Anyway, I read them both today.

How could you read the entire Tolkien trilogy in one day?!

veggieman001 wrote:

Audi0Slave wrote:

William Golding is a great author.
Also I'm surprised you're reading it in the 8th grade, it's pretty much a book you read in high school.

I had to read it in 7th grade, actually.

Me too.

I didn't really like the book.

slinger wrote:

Is it any good?

It has a pretty good storyline 

Laurelindorenan! Okay, I'll shut up. Anyway, like Wickimen said, LOTF is good albeit kind of scarring. I personally identify with poor Piggy. The descriptions in that book are marvelous, even the icky ones... I remember it as a vivid, alive kind of book.

Edit: But also a deathly kind of book

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jukyter wrote:

My friend thinks it's comedy. Especially the bit where a boy jumps off a cliff. Thank god we went to different secondary schools.

...Wow.  Are you sure your friend isn't joking?   

Laugh at ALL the death!

ProgramCAT wrote:

I never knew it was supposed to be comedy.
It seemed rather surreal to me.

It isn't supposed to be one.      (assuming you weren't being sarcastic)

soupoftomato wrote:

Laugh at ALL the death!

ProgramCAT wrote:

Hahaha...
Don't you just LOVE how so many die?

OK, that's not even funny.  Seriously, stuff like that might really offend some people.

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Haiming wrote:

I have. It's a pretty good book, but since it's a classic and quite old, it lacks the suspense and excitement of today's authors.

I don't think it lacks suspense.  However, I think it probably was much more gripping during the age it was written, since many of the references, such as "Sucks to your assmar!", are lost on today's readers.

soupoftomato wrote:

Oh wah boohoo. Fictional character died.

Am I the only one who doesn't develop feelings for them? xD

It's not that--you were making fun of death.  Not did you seem disrespectful to the people who like the book you seem to be making fun of, but some people might be offended if they have recently suffered a loss.

Just be careful when using sarcasm and death in the same sentence.

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funelephant wrote:

http://www.lordalford.com/lotf/book3.jpg
Is this it?
This is the book I had a option from in 4th grade
I was in the highest reading group
9th grade level    (or 8th..)

Wow, your school was hardcore. I got Shiloh in 4th grade 

And I was in the highest reading level, too...

It's a good book.
Interesting style of writing and rather deep for something able to be read in under an hour.

JJROCKER wrote:

trinary wrote:

It's a good book.
Interesting style of writing and rather deep for something able to be read in under an hour.

Under an hour? 0_0

Yeah, I had to try to drag it out (a chapter every few days/week) so I wouldn't get too far ahead and forget the details for the dreaded chapter quizzes.  *dramatic music*   

EDIT:  1200th Post!!!         

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