A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess Reviews

A Clockwork Orange is a revolutionary, classic novel by Anthony Burgess that was most famously adapted into a highly controversial film by legendary director Stanley Kubrick in 1971. However, the film's success is owed in large part to this novel, which the film very faithfully adapts. The novel's narrator is a young Londoner named ...  Read the complete review

I recently submitted a review to a book sharing site (link below) and thought I'd pop it up on here as well, so here goes... After a couple of paragraphs of this book, I must admit I was lost. By a few pages in, I was gripped. The "nadsat" language of the main protagonist, Alex, is at first confusing and a little unsettling to ...  Read the complete review

Wrote this review on <a href="www.bookarmy.com">this site</a> I browse on , thought I'd pop it up on here... After a couple of paragraphs of this book, I must admit I was lost. By a few pages in, I was gripped. The "nadsat" language of the main protagonist, Alex, is at first confusing and a little ...  Read the complete review

Whilst I may be immensely unpopular in making such a statement I believe that the film is better than the book. I read books for their entertainment factor and whilst I understand that this has a very interesting message in terms of criminality, ideas of good and bad and of free will, I just could not get used to the 'Nadsat' youth language. I ...  Read the complete review

a clockwork orange. First watched it for the contraversy that surrounded it when first released. Thought that it would be poor, but with lots of gore, but when it gets down to it the film is a masterpiece in terms both of its shock factor, but also the sheer feel it gives you. The film is violent, and not for the faint hearted, but the ...  Read the complete review

I remember catching the second half of the film adaptation of 'A Clockwork Orange' when it was on TV a couple of years ago and finding it really interesting: so when I saw it in my Amazon book 'recommendations' list I thought it might be worth a read and promptly purchased it. PLOT SYNOPSIS Alex, 15, is our ...  Read the complete review

I seem to have got myself in to a 'reading books that have been made into films season' at the moment. I've recently read the The Two Towers and The Beach, both of which are far better than the films. Somewhat absent minded I picked up 'A Clockwork Orange' a novel by Anthony Burgess and film by Stanley Kubrick. ...  Read the complete review

A Clockwork Orange is the horrific dream of Anthony Burgess' mind dramatically brought to life. Observing the life of reckless youth and unpredictable, unprovoked violence, A Clockwork Orange takes a look at society like you have never seen before. Ensued by the attractive characters and witty plot, the novel had me edging towards me but also ...  Read the complete review

It is, perhaps, a pitty that Antony Burgess' masterpiece became famous through the film adaptation. The film did a reasonable job of making such a strange book work on videotape, but nonetheless people seem to forget the book itself because of the film, and as is often the case, this is a mistake, as it outshines the slightly simplified film ...  Read the complete review

Superficially, "A Clockwork Orange" is a book about a very nasty young man who might or might not be reformed by the end of it. It is also a book about our fear of technology, the loss of free will, and msot importantly, the power of language. *************** The three sections of the book: Section one ...  Read the complete review

Those of you who follow my reviews will know of my intense preference of novel over film so when the much celebrated Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange was deemed to be fit for viewing, I decided to read Anthony Burgess' book first. The author had fifty or more works published in his writing career, spanning nearly 35 ...  Read the complete review

So everyone’s aware of the controversy surrounding the cult film of Burgess’ masterpiece. I must admit, it was the main reason I wanted to read the book in the first place. My sense of sick curiousity finally got the better of me this year, and I settled down to see what all the fuss was about. The story tells of the life of ...  Read the complete review

Everyone in existence should read this book, as a compulsory part of the school curriculum perhaps. Its just so bizarre!! It is a book which follows the life of a young miscreant youth, through his juvenile delinquent days and through the consequences. It contains some quite profound philosophical theories too, so theres some food for ...  Read the complete review

“There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie and Dim, Dim being really dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar making up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening, a flip dark chill winter bastard through dry.” ‘A Clockwork Orange’ is the famous book written by Anthony Burgess, first ...  Read the complete review

I only got to see the film of the book recently due to the ban that was in place in England. No doubt many people saw pirate video versions of it, but I only saw it last year in the cinema. I liked it, so was compelled to read the book. I found the lead character to be like a flame. I was afraid and appalled by him, but found him strangely ...  Read the complete review

Yes,you've heard the hype and you might have even seen the film.Nothing can quite prepare you for this book however... Set in the near future the novel "A Clockwork Orange" was born out of Anthony Burgesses' brutal experience of yob culture. It centres around a 14 year old delinquent called Alex,who brutally rapes, ...  Read the complete review

*A Clockwork Orange* is the story, written in an invented slang of miscegenated Russian and cockney, of a juvenile delinquent called Alex who wounds and rapes for kicks in between worshipping at the shrines of Ludwig V. and Wolfgang M. After many bloody adventures with his droogies, he is caught by the police and conditioned by government ...  Read the complete review

When you first pick up this book and see the language that it uses i.e a language of future generations which is unrecognisable to us, you may just want to put it down immediately and dismiss it as a childish author's attempts at being clever. But the key to this book is perseverance in the intial stages. With this accomplished you find ...  Read the complete review

One of the best books I’ve had the pleasure of reading. The book if you haven’t read it is far superior to the film, as it allows the reader to interpret the actions of Alex and his gang members anyway they please. This book is mainly about Alex the main character and is an insight into his life. This includes his evil actions and the ...  Read the complete review

Burgess excels himself in this fantastic science fiction story of a young man and his pals in a depraved society. It is a morality tale, which also has a compelling story. The central theme to the story is the question of mind control. Living in an era of violence and disorder, Alex the main character, is one of the most depraved. He goes to jail ...  Read the complete review