Finally! After twenty years, I've finished this book. Skimmed through it in my early teens to get through an exam. Over the past few years, I've heard references dropped in film/TV referring to the characters in the novel. Prior to finishing the novel, I knew there were nice kids and crazy kids on the island. I now know the Jack, Ralph, Simon, Roger and Piggy references. There really is no way to read this story and not see all of the other works it has influenced. Glad I finally got this off my bucket list.