Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

6 reviews

prismagner's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

rissasreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Reading this was a trip lol. I've seen the movie adaptation of this quite a few times and I've always enjoyed it (minus that one scene I fast forward through) so I was excited to read the book. Surprisingly the adaptation was pretty truthful and honest to the source.

I could picture the characters and the scenes from the movie while reading this, plus the way it was written really felt like you were in his head / he was talking to you directly. Highly enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hildayay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Hade gett högre betyg om inte för den första tredjedelen av boken som var extremt jobbig att läsa (vilket också är hela meningen men men). Den känns också som att den simplifierar den komplexa sak som är människan på ett sätt som jag inte älskade. Annars: intressant historia, gillar språket som ger stämning (när man väl kom in i den, i början var det asjobbigt att läsa) och ger en en tankeställare kring kriminalpolitik (ish?). Skulle rekommendera, men inte om man är känslig för äckliga saker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Genocide, Homophobia, and Antisemitism

makabra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

valentinaambrosius's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

pescemariana's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book is indeed very challenging. I wondered a lot about ethics while reading it and I still can't form a solid opinion about what the author is trying to discuss here or his motivations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use and Abandonment