I remembered enjoying this story quite a bit as a kid, probably because it was gory and shocking and quite a bit different from the boring stuff they usually had us reading. Stuff like Great Expectations and Jane Eyre, which were both snooze-fests for a 14-year-old boy. Probably also because it deals with human nature and now, as an adult, I know that I'm really into those types of books from years of sampling across genres.

Lord of the Flies was very good the second time around, as an adult, and the story has aged well. The ideas it presents are still relevant and come up for debate every day. Most significantly, the importance of law to maintaining society.

I'll definitely be rereading this one again in the future, but this time I won't wait 16 years for another go at it.