Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

55 reviews

orangegirl22's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Moderate: Rape, Medical content, and Murder

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

starscreaming's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Blood, and War

mattycameira's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

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

swordfishtrombone's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

selimhannah's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

msorce's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

It takes some time to adjust to the slang, but after you get used to paging through the dictionary at the back it starts to flow better. This is a classic that is worthy of a read. This book was written for shock value, but I think it loses some of it in our current violence hungry world. The slang also makes it less violent, but I think this was done on purpose.
A great thought provoking book. You can really grasp the author's fears and themes. The book can take on a completly different meaning if reading the old American version that was left out the end or the movie which did the same. It's such a shame that the older American versions and the movie left out the full transformation the author intended the character to go through. Make sure to read the full version.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

arieslofi's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Death, Racial slurs, and Antisemitism

katanai's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.25

First 2/3 of book are … slow. Last part & particularly the last couple of chapters were what really solidified it for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Mental illness and Grief

freyabarton's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-paced

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

3.5

O my brothers, i’ve just viddied a real grazzy bit of cal. my rooker was over my rot at all the tolchocking and krovvy and ultra-violence. the bezoomny goloss was real horrorshow, and i had a malenky smeck at it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail