hmmmm..... really makes you think

>>9335262
LotF is outdated when it comes to normie tastes. We can see videos of children in third world countries doing the same things. It lacks the shock value it had back when it was released. Since regular readers don't understand what objectively good writing is, they rate it based on how much they enjoyed it. So no, it doesn't really make me think that normies prefer the action packed bullshit fantasy story.

>>9335262
congrats, you discovered authors and publishers inflate their ratings, big news

There's a difference between populist and critically acclaimed stuff. Do you weep for Michelin starred restaurants when you see MacDonald's sales figures?

1,5 million ratings vs 458, you slow little dope.

The Lord of the Flies rating is skewed because of all the fools who hated the book while reading it in school.

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>>9335262
huh...
>>9335361
This. Teens and people who stopped reading in their teens get butthurt about books they were """forced""" to read and, in fact, get put off the whole IDEA of reading. According to them.

HARRY POTTER HAS A HIGHER RATING THAN ULYSSES ON GOODREADS
What do we do about it???

>>9336000
Same shit happened to Moby Dick. Schools should just stop forcing children to read books they are incapable of understanding. Just because it's a great book doesn't mean it's a great book for your apathetic students to read.

>>9335262
maybe dracula vs hitler is really really good

>>9336048
Except Lord of the Flies is the perfect kind of book for kids. It's obvious enough to get the surface literary bits, which is exactly what kids need.

Moby Dick sure as fuck isn't though. That's sixth-form tier at least (and if anyone's complaining about reading in an A-level they chose then they've got bigger problems).

>>9336054
>3.67
>on Goodreads
Maybe the sun's a pretty cool guy when you get to know him better

>>9336059
you're a humourless fucker, aren't you

>>9336076
Yes but that is unrelated to the subject at hand.

>>9336054
seconding this
it's likely a postmodern self-critique of the facetious portrayal of Nazis as pop culture icons, and the overabundance of the vampire archetype in YA literature

>>9336054
The entire premise is stupid.
>implying Vlad the Impaler who killed many Semites and Turks in extremely gruesome and edgy ways wouldn't join Hitler's side

>>9336090
Vlad the Slav.

It'd come down to realpolitik.