I'm sure if this book wasn't a mandatory read in schools a lot less people would hate it. It's fantastic, I don't get sick of reading it. The most interesting part of this great book is that it's not actually realistic! It acts more as a classic theory from the past, that humans are innately savage. But, when 6 boys actually got trapped on an island in real life, they worked together and took care of one another. That fact makes the book an even better of a read for me. It's captivating how a story from an author often paints a world not true to our own.