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elliecs3's review
3.0
Interesting but incredibly violent (TW: rape, assault). Possibly didn’t need to be SO violent
I was expecting to find it difficult to read particularly with the made up words. However the language becomes familiar very quickly
I was expecting to find it difficult to read particularly with the made up words. However the language becomes familiar very quickly
breereadsbooks's review
4.0
This was a great read, especially great to listen to on audio. I was pretty intimidated by the slang in it, but you catch on quickly.
sookieskipper's review
3.0
I abandoned this book more than once during my teens and only to come back much later to read it. The violence through out the book never affects any of the characters and they seem to be blase about it. After a point its not possible to just loathe these folks and move on from this book.
Its the narration style and the world that keeps the story going forward and is definitely the only thing I looked forward to.
I indeed skipped few paragraphs here and there so as to avoid abandoning the novel yet again.
Its the narration style and the world that keeps the story going forward and is definitely the only thing I looked forward to.
I indeed skipped few paragraphs here and there so as to avoid abandoning the novel yet again.
kathlockuplibrary's review
2.0
This seems like the kind of book you read purely because of it's notoriety and social critique. Whilst I definitely found it interesting and it makes you think it's not really one I'd choose for myself.
sorryiambooked's review
3.0
Definitely will only read this book once; I'm glad that I did thought because it has really good thought provoking material.
The first part was slow for me, only because the book has it's own slang, and it took me awhile to get used to it. It started to pick up for me in the second part but it's the third part that's really interesting. Because of what the State did, I became a little more sympathetic towards Alex.
Overall a very interesting read. Not a favorite, but I am glad that I did read it.
Review originally published on my blog: https://sorryiambooked.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/review-a-clockwork-orange/
The first part was slow for me, only because the book has it's own slang, and it took me awhile to get used to it. It started to pick up for me in the second part but it's the third part that's really interesting. Because of what the State did, I became a little more sympathetic towards Alex.
Overall a very interesting read. Not a favorite, but I am glad that I did read it.
Review originally published on my blog: https://sorryiambooked.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/review-a-clockwork-orange/
mrbonanza's review
5.0
4.5/5 stars
Really loved this, I think it's one of my top 3 favourite books this year. Loved the use of the Nadsat language and thought it really made the society of the book seem more real than other books you might read . I also found it more entertaining to read. Anyways, really liked, maybe a better term is appreciated the character of Alex. I thought he was probably the best written anti-hero I've ever read. This book was really interesting and fast paced so I was never bored while reading it. The reason I docked a half star off of a 5 star rating was because I didn't really think that last chapter had to be added. It would have been fine without it, more ambiguous. Adding the 21st chapter gave it kind of a cheap ending in my opinion, one doesn't really 'grow out' of sadistic sociopathic tendencies like Alex did. But that's just my opinion.
Really loved this, I think it's one of my top 3 favourite books this year. Loved the use of the Nadsat language and thought it really made the society of the book seem more real than other books you might read . I also found it more entertaining to read. Anyways, really liked, maybe a better term is appreciated the character of Alex. I thought he was probably the best written anti-hero I've ever read. This book was really interesting and fast paced so I was never bored while reading it. The reason I docked a half star off of a 5 star rating was because I didn't really think that last chapter had to be added. It would have been fine without it, more ambiguous. Adding the 21st chapter gave it kind of a cheap ending in my opinion, one doesn't really 'grow out' of sadistic sociopathic tendencies like Alex did. But that's just my opinion.
holmesstorybooks's review
4.0
Man, I really liked this book.
It was one of the first few classics that I read when I was quite young, and apart from having a hazy idea of its reputation, I knew absolutely nothing.
I found the language difficult at first, but you do really get used to it, and it is quite regular in its slang and pattern. The thing I think I appreciated the most about this book, apart from the craft of the words and how rhythmic it was, was the strength of the narrative.
A Clockwork Orange is a really good example of what happens when you write a well-constructed story and include a message. While the overall moral of the story is bold, it's also quite well-concealed within plot, characters and an arc. It is very unlike George Orwell's Animal Farm, for example, where the characters are purely to facilitate - puppets and nothing more.
Alex, the protagonist, is three dimensional. It is because he was so well-written that I fell in love with this story so much.
However, much like the reading material of my youth, I am not sure how graphic this material is, but you may want to be careful if you decide to read it. c:
It was one of the first few classics that I read when I was quite young, and apart from having a hazy idea of its reputation, I knew absolutely nothing.
I found the language difficult at first, but you do really get used to it, and it is quite regular in its slang and pattern. The thing I think I appreciated the most about this book, apart from the craft of the words and how rhythmic it was, was the strength of the narrative.
A Clockwork Orange is a really good example of what happens when you write a well-constructed story and include a message. While the overall moral of the story is bold, it's also quite well-concealed within plot, characters and an arc. It is very unlike George Orwell's Animal Farm, for example, where the characters are purely to facilitate - puppets and nothing more.
Alex, the protagonist, is three dimensional. It is because he was so well-written that I fell in love with this story so much.
However, much like the reading material of my youth, I am not sure how graphic this material is, but you may want to be careful if you decide to read it. c:
borisignatievich's review
5.0
About the 5th time I have read it and it is fantastic. One of my favourite books. The first thing to mention is clearly the language, nadsat. The entire book is written in this, a futuristic slang that is heavily derived from Russian (Khorosho is Russian for good, which becomes horrorshow as just one example). The first time I read this the first few pages were a bit of a slog, trying to figure out what the slang words meant. However, it is an incredible use of language imo, and everytime I read it I find that I don't even bother translating it into normal english. It's just words that mean things, and is so effective that occasionally when I read it I think about something outside the book and it creeps in there.
The story itself is, in Burgess' own words, "a sort of Christian allegory of free will." It focuses on a kid Alex, who leads an unruly life beating the sh*t out of people and raping girls for laughs, until he's caught by the police. He then has the ability to choose in a moral dilemma, and the book attempts to address whether to be called good you must have the ability to choose evil or not. I'm not really too arsed about the philosophical implications to be honest with you, but it's a fantastic story, with characters you empathise with in spite of the fact they are, when you look at it, fairly dispicable people.
10/10
The story itself is, in Burgess' own words, "a sort of Christian allegory of free will." It focuses on a kid Alex, who leads an unruly life beating the sh*t out of people and raping girls for laughs, until he's caught by the police. He then has the ability to choose in a moral dilemma, and the book attempts to address whether to be called good you must have the ability to choose evil or not. I'm not really too arsed about the philosophical implications to be honest with you, but it's a fantastic story, with characters you empathise with in spite of the fact they are, when you look at it, fairly dispicable people.
10/10