I have such mixed feeling about this book. I honestly don't really know where I stand because I kind of liked it, but at the same time I'd very much like to burn it. 
 I feel like it had such great potential, but the execution of it was disastrous. The plot could have been really interesting, and definitely something I'd enjoy, but the author's writing style completely ruined it! 
 I absolutely love descriptive books, where you can perfectly visualize everything that's happening, and it feels as though you're there. But he was just SO over-the-top. There is absolutely no need whatsoever to describe everything in such great detail. Everything was so overly descriptive and wordy, which made the book extremely dull. It was quite difficult to get through, especially the first few chapters. It does pick up and become slightly more enjoyable, but not hugely. I like stories that keep me on the edge of me seat, and intrigued throughout the entire novel , but this book just did not do this. I found myself becoming very bored and I often had to reread things a dozen times because I just stopped paying attention entirely or I would fall asleep. It actually came to the point where I was reading it aloud to force myself to pay attention, though that didn't even work all the time. 
 Also, I kept getting confused with the characters, I knew the main ones, like Piggy, Ralph, Jack, Simon, and the twins, but I had difficulty keeping track of the others. 
 Overall, it just wasn't for me. I think that it could have been, but in the end it just wasn't my cup of tea. I doubt I would have actually finished it if I hadn't had to for school, and it definitely isn't something that I have any desire to reread in the future.