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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

70 reviews

celiguti1's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i finished this book the best way possible: taking a dump

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Blood, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Drug use, Violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

mashapopeskovic's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

this may be common knowledge - and it’s mentioned briefly in the book itself - but so many slang terms in this book resemble slavic vocabulary - to read this in english as someone whose native language is indeed slavic (serbian) was absolutely absurd? 

for example:
(in the book = serbian = english)
zvook = zvuk = sound
prestoopnik = prestupnik = one who disobeys [laws]
droog = drug = friend
litso = lice = face 
rooker = ruka = arm
gulliver = glava = head
goloss = glas = voice
malenky = malo = a little 
govoreeting = govoriti = to speak 
NOGA = NOGA = LEG

and many many more examples -truly fascinating stuff that was

otherwise what has to be happening in one’s mind to write such a book?

as for content warnings - literally anything you could think of, it’s only 140 pages but my god is it a dark  book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Death, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Drug use

tajoile's review against another edition

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Physical abuse, Bullying, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Blood, and Sexual violence

kaitoro_walker13's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Dark, disturbing, and terrifying. This book is incredible and horrific. The first half of part 1 was a little slow, but otherwise this book is amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Torture, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

aldoi's review against another edition

dark funny medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Body horror, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Murder, Rape, and Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Vomit, Drug use, and Death

gregorvermin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I think that is not the best book I have red til the moment, but It's clearly the one I have enjoyed the most and I still remember reading as great times. I think that a clockwork orange is my favorite book, as well as the movie is my favorite cinematographic piece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Cursing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Drug use

mattycameira's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Bullying, Drug use, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Self harm, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Murder, Rape, Torture, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Gore, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

nincrony1's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I first came to the world of A Clockwork Orange via the film adaptation. I really like the film but I have cooled towards it over the years because 1) I think Kubrick made better films afterwards and 2) I read the book, which I ultimately prefer. I’m not a “book is inherently better than the film adaptation” kind of person but I think across the novel Burgess is able to more actively explore the themes, the language and actions of Alex in a more nuanced way. I know some bemoan the lack of the final chapter not being in the film but I feel both end on equally ambiguous, yet slightly different, notes; in the book, there’s something terrifying for me about someone like Alex and his ex-droogs becoming part of society. It’s a hard nut to crack, particularly if you haven’t seen the film version first as that acts somewhat as a primer to the dense invented language, but after a while you become acclimatised to it, real horrorshow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

giou's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Murder, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, and Drug use

b4db1tch's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

FAV BOOK EVER!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Classism, War, Torture, Rape, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Drug use, Blood, Murder, and Gore