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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

48 reviews

krmreads2024's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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theodoreeeeeeads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What a horrorshow vetsch. Lots ittying on with krovvy scenes and gullivers spinning physically and metaphorically, I defo smecked a malenky whilst viddying the pages. A tolchock in the yarbles when it got intense but I do recommend it to all the lewdies!! (this is what the whole book is like hehehe)

Now returning from the Nadsat language to English, wowowoeeee what a book, well-written, thought provoking, funny at moments and with a fantastic plot. The story poses lots of moral dilemmas and philosophical questions.

It’s terrifically dark, the phrase “ultra-violence”, as used many times in reference to gang activities, is very accurate.

Easy to read classic (except the whole new language lol). Would massively recommend.

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sugarcube's review against another edition

4.25

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I read this after having watched the movie multiple times. The movie is one of my favorite movies for the questions it raises, and I was told to read the book because of

its different ending

(I had already tried but found it too similar to be worth finishing at first).

I ended up liking the book after all because I appreciate the additional insight into Alex's thoughts that are limited by the runtime of the movie. However,

I take issue with the ending. For Alex to simply grow out of it seems to imply that the events of the story were entirely inconsequential. Now, the movie is similar in that they both imply that Alex will always have ended up this way, regardless of his experiences. However, the movie suggests a much darker message underneath that. Burgess seems to suggest that violence is inherent to the mind of a growing boy, while Kubrick seems to suggest instead that some people are born a monsters and no meddling will fix that.
Frankly, I just disliked the ending of the book because I disagreed with it.
Other than that, I did like the book. I love the quirks of the nadsat language, especially in the way it feels like it distances and distracts from the brutality that actually occurs. It feels like you're really in Alex's head, and I liked that immersion.

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alext8086's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I felt like the slang language the main character uses is a bit over the top. I also feel like most of the book is just him doing awful things. I love the second half of the book, though, when he doesn’t get to be an absolute villain all the time. When he is just being his normal awful self, I did not love the book

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greenan26's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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tabithacm's review against another edition

0.5

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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noranie's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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tobsi's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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poirot's review against another edition

1.5

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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hildayay's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Hade gett högre betyg om inte för den första tredjedelen av boken som var extremt jobbig att läsa (vilket också är hela meningen men men). Den känns också som att den simplifierar den komplexa sak som är människan på ett sätt som jag inte älskade. Annars: intressant historia, gillar språket som ger stämning (när man väl kom in i den, i början var det asjobbigt att läsa) och ger en en tankeställare kring kriminalpolitik (ish?). Skulle rekommendera, men inte om man är känslig för äckliga saker.

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