"Lord of the Flies" is one of those classic novels that many of us are made to read in school, and whether you love it or hate it, it’s hard to deny the story's sticky narrative. It seems fitting that the latest book-to-screen adaptation of William Golding’s novel comes from Jack Thorne, who raked in awards for last year’s Adolescence, and while critics are raving over the upcoming Netflix show, audiences who have seen the four-part miniseries strongly disagree.
In "Lord of the Flies," Jack Thorne tackles similar themes to Adolescence, in that it features young boys doing terrible things that reflect a bigger truth about their world, and Miranda Collinge of Esquire notes how he treats the characters with greater empathy than the source material.
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