>>How do you mean horrible?
For me I didn't read it properly at the time, nor did I think about it too deeply. Though I did pass. As I remember the essay question was something about a thin veneer of civilisation. I thought the book was boring and predictable.
Having read it in later life I think it's a great and thought provoking idea or story line which says a lot about human behaviour and our environment. It can be applied to so many different situations, different behaviours and different thought processes. I think it is important that it be read.
I don't think the book is powerful, though the ideas behind it are. If that makes sense. I mean that the value comes not from reading the book, but from thinking about what is behind the book.
As a piece of quality writing I thought and think that it wasn't very good. Actually not far from an Enid Blyton approach, though to be fair that is probably a lot to do with when it was written.
So I guess it's how you look at it. As a quality piece of literature, then I think it isn't. As a commentary on human behaviour and interaction then it's very important.
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