‘Lord of the Flies’ Review: ‘Adolescence’ Echoes Through Netflix’s Vivid, Eerie Adaptation

The four-part series, inspired by William Golding's 1954 novel and adapted by "Adolescence" co-creator Jack Thorne, frames childhood's lost innocence as more nurture than nature, when a bunch of boys trapped on an island witness their would-be utopia curdle into tragically inevitable chaos.