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A review by becca_osborn
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
4.0
I can handle a good bit of violence, but this book is a difficult read, especially the first few chapters (lots of trigger warnings for sure.), However, if you can get past these first few chapters, this book is pretty amazing and interesting.
While this book is not my very favourite, I can definitely appreciate the writing and can see why it's a cult classic. The controversy with the ending chapters (an extra ending chapter was published in Britain, but not published in the US) makes a HUGE difference in the interpretation of the book--I can understand the US editor's issues with the additional chapter, but I agree with Burgess that it's an important ending for the book, and can see why he pushed to have it included.
This is a beautiful piece of dystopian lit, though, and made me want to study this genre literature more in depth when it was just gaining popularity in 2010. :)
While this book is not my very favourite, I can definitely appreciate the writing and can see why it's a cult classic. The controversy with the ending chapters (an extra ending chapter was published in Britain, but not published in the US) makes a HUGE difference in the interpretation of the book--I can understand the US editor's issues with the additional chapter, but I agree with Burgess that it's an important ending for the book, and can see why he pushed to have it included.
This is a beautiful piece of dystopian lit, though, and made me want to study this genre literature more in depth when it was just gaining popularity in 2010. :)