A Clockwork Orange

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Summary: This book was disturbing and enthralling at the same time!
Review: I loved A Clockwork Orange. It was definitely different from any book I have ever read. The storyline was unique and the characters were well developed. Although parts of it were disturbing, they were necessary to emphasize the plot. The book gave me a new understanding of violence and I recommend it to anyone looking for an interesting book.

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Summary: Amazing
Review: This book poses some many ethical questions one can not help but read the book more than once to get the full meaning. The intelligence of this book surpasses everything I have ever read. Not only does this book present questions most people do not wish to deal with, it shows a mastery of language no one else has shown before. This book should definatly be read by one and all.

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Summary: A Wonderful Point of View on Violence in Society!
Review: Anthony Burgess puts Violence and the Penal System on such a fantastical level that one has to sit back and actually think about our society's view on reformation of convicts. It makes one think about how our actual penal systems don't really work. This is definately a must read for thinkers and people who just enjoy being entertained.

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Summary: original, involving, genial, surprising
Review: The most striking thing of this book is certainly the language.The second one is the characterization of Alex: cruel,violent,desperate (and fan of Beethoven).Completely different from anything else you could have ever read.

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Summary: A disturbing look into the future of the youth of America
Review: This masterpiece by Anthony Burgess is one of my favorite novels. He looks into the future and invisions what he thinks the youth of America is going to be. What he sees is gangs fighting for power, rape, ultra-violence, and drug use. The police do little about it. They try the easy way out and try brainwashing. This idea takes a wicked turn for the worse.

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Summary: Real Horrorshow!
Review: I saw the movie before reading the book, and I'm a big kubrick fan, so I of course loved it. Them I decided to read the book. I just couldn't stop reading it, i finished it in two days, and I also loved it. Both the book and the movie are really good, but the movie doesn't have the last chapter, so now after reading the book I'll feel like there's something missing. But it's still a very good movie, and a real horrorshow book.

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Summary: A wonderfully original book
Review: I have just finished this book and absolutely love it! I haven't read a book as good as "Trainspotting" for a long time, but "Clockwork" is right up there with it. The language is hard to get through at first (as it was with Trainspotting), but I stuck with and was really rewarded in the end. I even knew basically how it finished because of the (very helpful) introduction, but the ending was still one of the best ones I have ever read. It leaves you satisfied, but still intrigued as to what happens to our Alex afterwards. If you are looking for something really original, have a sense of humour, and aren't very squeamish about violence, this is the book for you.

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Summary: A great, but synister novel
Review: Although the book is hard to just pick up and read, it tells a great story of the reformation of the main character Alex and what lengths he will go to to return to his normal habitat. Once you read through about two or three chapters, the language is a little easier to understand and the story becomes easier to read. I loved it and thought that Kubrick made a fine interpretation of it (even though he did leave out the last chapter.)

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Summary: Read the Book before seeing the movie
Review: For those who have not seen Stanley Kubrick's screen adaptation of this book, I highly recommend reading the book, then renting the movie after the fact. Both are excellent, but as usual, many things in the movie seem sensationalized rather than understood according to Burgess' brilliantly way of communicating on paper. It's language style and first person account has a unique way of communicating a drifting conscience, of hooligan Alex. The style Burgess uses intesifies awareness while softening the shock, despite the horrendous acts of Alex. One of the challenges that movies and books of this type normally fail at doing.

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Summary: This was overall an excellent piece of literature.
Review: Although somewhat disturbing, this novel invoked thoughts that I didn't think I could have. The realism behind the situation was shocking, considering the violence of today's youth. In addition, the tactful questions of morality that were brought up really made me reconsider something I take for granted: the freedom to choose. Once you get past the dialect of the youth, this novel is thought-provking and thoroughly enjoyable. The violence is indeed graphic, but the sarcastic humor of the protagonist takes the edge off and adds some humor as well. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is looking for something extraordinary.