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A review by kamaria
Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess
5.0
This book is really difficult to review. And I feel like I'm the last person in the world that hasn't seen Kubrick's adaptation.
At first, it dragged endlessly, because I couldn't stomach Alex's acts of pointless violence. I started to become interested when he hits Dim because he interrupts the opera singer.
Even though there are several reflective critics on Christianity before, I think everything really starts when he's in treatment with Ludovico's technique. I loved how Burgess made me think: would I want that for criminals if I lived in that UK? If the answer's yes, then I'm saying I am choosing to make zombies and that I am willing to give the State a great power to control everyone. It is way too dangerous, it is really choosing to live in those dystopian worlds where the individual loses their freedom in order to achieve a greater good for the community. But then, if I say no to that question, I'm saying that I would prefer to live in fear.
It was a really distressing reading. That's why I liked the last chapter (the one missing in the first editions published in the US), because there's hope. Burgess believes in humans and believes that, given the choice, sooner or later we'll want peace. I think that's way too optimistic, but at least I'm not totally depressed after reading the book.
My favourite aspect of the book is nadsat, without a doubt. I loved the mix between Shakespearean expressions and rude-sounding slavic words. My edition came without a glossary, so I had to learn the slang without clues. And it was surprisingle easy - at the end I could have spoken as Alex myself. Burgess was a very talented writer.
At first, it dragged endlessly, because I couldn't stomach Alex's acts of pointless violence. I started to become interested when he hits Dim because he interrupts the opera singer.
Even though there are several reflective critics on Christianity before, I think everything really starts when he's in treatment with Ludovico's technique. I loved how Burgess made me think: would I want that for criminals if I lived in that UK? If the answer's yes, then I'm saying I am choosing to make zombies and that I am willing to give the State a great power to control everyone. It is way too dangerous, it is really choosing to live in those dystopian worlds where the individual loses their freedom in order to achieve a greater good for the community. But then, if I say no to that question, I'm saying that I would prefer to live in fear.
It was a really distressing reading. That's why I liked the last chapter (the one missing in the first editions published in the US), because there's hope. Burgess believes in humans and believes that, given the choice, sooner or later we'll want peace. I think that's way too optimistic, but at least I'm not totally depressed after reading the book.
My favourite aspect of the book is nadsat, without a doubt. I loved the mix between Shakespearean expressions and rude-sounding slavic words. My edition came without a glossary, so I had to learn the slang without clues. And it was surprisingle easy - at the end I could have spoken as Alex myself. Burgess was a very talented writer.