Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

28 reviews

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

danielvanbeethoven's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gore, Torture, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Bullying, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

amyayeme's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical trauma, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, War, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

chyneyee's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Alex is well portrayed as a teenager with arrogance, immaturity, and limited meaningful vocabularies. He does sadistic things because he derives pleasure from them and for no other reason.

The fictional society is the result of the combination of elements from both communist and capitalist societies. The State's ideology believes that humans can always become virtuous and good through education and reform because of the assumption that humans are morally perfectible.

In contrast, Alex believes humans have the right or choice to act evil. A government that doesn't allow its citizens to misbehave is a government that denies its citizens their right to be human beings. His resistance to the State's radical and logical thought by using his intuition is the only choice he has under the oppressive regime and the only way to bring out his identity and the genuine part of him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Bullying

kendall_readz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

one of the most fascinating books i’ve ever read, loved it. alex is such an interesting character 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

pescemariana's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.5

This book is indeed very challenging. I wondered a lot about ethics while reading it and I still can't form a solid opinion about what the author is trying to discuss here or his motivations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Pedophilia, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Gore, Death, Child abuse, Bullying, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment and Drug use

san_dra's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Police brutality, Murder, Drug use, and Confinement

cnohero's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Drug use, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Bullying, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Police brutality, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders