A Clockwork Orange
Total Points
#48
- Pages
- 213
- Genres
- Science Fiction Dystopia Horror
A newly revised text for A Clockwork Orange’s 50th anniversary brings the work closest to its author’s intentions. A Clockwork Orange is as brilliant, transgressive, and influential as when it was published fifty years ago. A nightmare vision of the future told in its own fantastically inventive lexicon, it has since become a classic of modern literature and the basis for Stanley Kubrick’s...
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Dec 31st, 2017
Not my favorite genre...but very interesting...
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Jun 20th, 2016
It's little bit hard with the lingo but strongly recommanded.
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Oct 25th, 2014
A good read, a little hard with the lingo at times, but you get used to it. Definitely recommended.
Sep 22nd, 2014
This book is chilling in its depiction of pleasure gained from unprovoked violence. Equally chilling is the programming of Alex to be nauseated to the point of suicide by not only violence but his beloved music. The book makes you question the values of Alex, the "hoolingan" but also the values of a society that thinks it is acceptable to take away free will - neither of these extremes is acceptable.
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Apr 19th, 2014
While I do very much like this book, it can be hard to follow. This is one of the few books that seeing the movie will kind of help you out with reading it. Still a fun read, though.
Sep 25th, 2013
My favorite book of all time. Absolutely perfect.
Sep 25th, 2013
My favorite book of all time. Absolutely perfect.
Apr 2nd, 2013
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