Reviews with content warning for Gore - A Clockwork Orange

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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mashapopeskovic's review against another edition

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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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nincoompoop's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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f_amiliar_happine_ss's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-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

4.75

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orangegirl22's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

it was interesting, but some parts felt unnecessary, could have been shorter & achieved the same result. also, the slang language doesn’t seem very genius or interesting if you already know russian & english, so that was kind of a let down in terms of stylistic interest, yet it was certainly a unique reading experience this way. also the 21st chapter - kind of a letdown

esp. on the wife & kids portion, he’s better sure but he still doesn’t see women as people, so by how much?

makes the whole thing fall flat a bit in terms of character development. nonetheless, a semi-worthwhile read, maybe i’ll have a more positive outlook on it on a second read.

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aldoi's review against another edition

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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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starscreaming's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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