A review by bookwyrmknits
Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess

2.0

I finished this book, but it felt like an obligation to do so. I did not enjoy it. It feels like the kind of book you're not supposed to enjoy, though. It felt like a morality tale. Yes, I suppose at this point it is a classic. And yes, there is enough action in the book that it's readable for the modern reader, unlike some very slow paced older classics. However, the slang-talk which the narrator uses just grated on my nerves. (Yes, it's more-or-less understandable and very consistent, once you get used to it. I just didn't like it.) I also didn't sympathize with the main character at all, and for me that's a deal breaker when it comes to enjoying a book. If this one had been a longer book, or had taken me longer to finish, I probably would have returned it to the library unfinished.