A Clockwork Orange - A Book Review

Imaginative,  A Clockwork Orange is a fanciful, short read which can be easily wizzed through in just one sitting. However, it is best to keep in mind that thid book does have a multitude of disturbing scenes. As the blurb itself says: 'fifteen-year-old Alex doesn't just like ultra-violence - he enjoys rape, drugs and Beethoven's Ninth.' I would suggest not reading this if you're below say sixteen-years-old (but I'm obviously not going to stop you.)

One aspect that I was really impressed with was Burgess' use of language. It is the most unusual and fun language I have ever read. The main character, Alex, names himself 'Your Humble Narrator' and us his 'brothers.' Yet it is almost as though, he has created his own language with 'viddied' meaning 'saw' and 'slooshied' meaning 'heard' and much more. Don't worry, it is easy to get the hang of it quite quickly. Interestingly, having this language fits Alex's personality. For me, it represents the denial he has that what he is doing is wrong, like 'the old in-out in-out' meaning 'rape' or maybe just sex in general. In his mind, he is innocent. Weird.

The character, Alex, is truly so strange and complex which surpasses just the use of language. He is so power hungry and greedy for ultimate dominance. So much so he slit the wrist of his friend (or droog) and made him suck it. All because his droog suggested a more democratic friendship. It's just madness once you step inside of his demonic mind.

Overall, I'd defiantly recommend this to anyone who desires to read this, as it is real horrorshow. I gave it 4.5 stars (well 5 stars on Goodreads) as the language just makes it as well as the great plot.