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  • Very haunting.

  • A chilling example of what could happen were humanity left purely to its own defenses.

    

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• ― Savedr said on Oct 6, 2007 about the Others edition| 1 feedback| 1 feedback

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  • Although I am glad that I read this book, it was just too brutal for me to enjoy.

    

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• ― Raquel (eraquel) said on Apr 11, 2008 about the Others edition| Add your feedback

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  • I had a very interesting realization while reading this book in Mr. Gaydos' English class. I had read Lord of the Flies a couple years prior to this class, and I knew how it ended. We were having in class silent reading, and I was coming towards the death of Piggy, and i closed my book and put it ... Continue

    I had a very interesting realization while reading this book in Mr. Gaydos' English class. I had read Lord of the Flies a couple years prior to this class, and I knew how it ended. We were having in class silent reading, and I was coming towards the death of Piggy, and i closed my book and put it down. I didn't want him to die. I looked around the room and wondered where other people were in the book. Was Piggy already dead? I thought about how if i just stop reading now Piggy will still be alive. I didn't finish the book that time. I wanted it to 'end' with Piggy still alive, at least in my book.

    

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  • society evolves to good or bad? war caused by one or two people?

    

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• ― cait4328 said on Aug 20, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

These deluxe editions are packaged with French flaps, acid-free paper, and rough front.

"This brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's return. . . to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge. . . Superbly written." --The New York Times

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