Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

29 reviews

bookish_bry's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-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

5.0

A Clockwork Orange is a very interesting book. It is a violent and hyperbolic view of people and the government. While it is very, very dark and the main character is a horrible person, it is a story that makes you think. It was a fast read for me despite the slang that holds up a lot of readers. Every scene and action meant something to the story and it was quick and to the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

giou's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

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

jordans_not_here's review against another edition

2.75

Oh, you have your own lingo… cOoL. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, and Stalking

thehutonfowlslegs's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

a_sterling's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

jessicajezc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

maxandrambo's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder

makabra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment