Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

60 reviews

nincoompoop's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, and Suicide

f_amiliar_happine_ss's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Blood, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Gore

caidyn's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.0

Hard book to rate and review. I can see how it's been revolutionary throughout the years. But I'd have to sit down with it again to fully get it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Forced institutionalization

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

emrad0's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

1.0

Making up your own words does not make your literature good or interesting, just difficult to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Forced institutionalization

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

swordfishtrombone's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

atalea's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Bullying, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Murder, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Blood

shoshin's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Rape, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Although there are a lot of very graphic descriptions, they are mostly in the slang of the book.