A Clockwork Orange (G K Hall Large Print Perennial Bestseller Collection)

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Summary: In a class by itself...
Review: An unusual and twisted blend of violence, youth, music and mind control, A Clockwork Orange is easily amongst the best reads of the century. The book although a little daunting at first due to the unusual grammar of 'nadsat', is simply brilliant.

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Summary: The Last Chapter Was A Let-Down
Review: After getting accustomed to the slang the book adopts I really enjoyed the story line. My only complaint about the book is the last chapter. I would have to agree with the publishers, when it was first released, that the last chapter should be omitted. I found it hard to believe that the main character would just "grow-up" and change his ways just by seeing how well his old mate was getting along.

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Summary: Amazing
Review: This book has elements of today in it. Prisons are trying to find a way to reform and rehabiltate prisoners, and gangs of children are doing the acts of ultr-violence. I recomenned it to everyone.

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Summary: One scary ride of violence and mind control.
Review: Not many books give me a real chill. Most of the horror out there is just a mix of gore and violence - but A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is something else. The horror I found in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is the subtle, disturbing thought that humans can be programmed to the point where all free will is lost. The violent antics of the central character are inexcusable but stripping him of what little humanity he had to begin with is far worse. Anybody looking for an intelligent scare, read A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.

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Summary: This book couldn't have been written better.
Review: Anthony Burgess was an excellent languist, I don't know how this book could be different and be just as acclaimed and popular. Kubrick also portrays the theme and sense of the story beautifully. Why the 21st chapter was cut from the first U.S. release, I don't know.

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Summary: A summary of the first half of the book with my opinion
Review: What if teenage life consisted of commiting random acts of violence such as robbery, assault, and molestations? This question and more are answered in the Anthony Burgess novel, "A Clockwork Orange." Alex is the main character of the book. After his friends are tired of his dictatorship they decide to set him up with the cops. The government then put him through the most painful recouperation procees by making him watch horrific films while making him listen to the only other thing he finds solice in. Beetovan. The book takes place in a futuristic dipiction of what modern society will eventually become. Most other reviews I have read fail to capture the true meaning of this book. There is no actual meaning to the book it is what each person gets out of reading it. book.

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Summary: Modern Literary Classic
Review: Nearly forty years after it's first publication, Anthony Burgess' controversial novel "A Clockwork Orange " still stamds as a masterpiece. The book concerns Alex, a teenage thug in a futuristic Britain, who is obssessed with "ultra-violence" and Classical music, particularly Beethoven. After he is betrayed by his friends, Alex is arrested and, after prison fails to reform him, he is subjected to a sadistic form of brainwashing to cure him of his violent impulses. The story is written from Alex's point of view and is told in a bizzare form of slang called "nadsat", an mixture of English and Russian invented by Burgess, this is confusing at first but readable enough once you get used to it. The book's principal theme seems to be the importance of free choice, even if it means some will choose evil. This theme is sometimes stressed to heavily in the book. However that aside, the book is thought-provoking, shocking and sometimes very funny. Definitely reccommended.

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Summary: I think the book and movie do end up the same
Review: I think that the movie ends the same way the book does, except without as much detail. The way he says at the end of the show, "Oh, they cured me all right" or whatever he says, it's all in the WAY he says it that matters. He says it sarcastically. I really liked the book, and I think that if you like to read science-fiction or literature, this would be an excellent book to read. It's very deep.

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Summary: It's the best!
Review: The most fabulous book i have seen. I have read it so many times and I cant stop amaze myself with the way Burgess writes! I am from Bulgaria, my language is close to the Russian (and i know some russian myself) and the book is translated brilliantly and it becomes a magic composition of Bulgarian, English and Russian. I'm sure the book does not sound so perfect and "tricky" in English (I noticed one should use some dictionary). I dont read many books, but this one is XXXL. I would be happy if someone writes me.