erimfydar's review against another edition
4.0
Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man
butasimpledrain's review against another edition
challenging
dark
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
manuphoto's review against another edition
4.0
That book took me forever to read. It’s not because of the subject matter, I can handle violence and psychological distress in a story, but because the author chose, deliberately, to have his narrator speak in a invented dialect of quasi English.
In Kubrick’s movie, it actually works better than in the book, in part due to McDowell’s stellar performance. In the book it’s relevant but slows me down. And that’s maybe my problem with it. The movie is such a formidable adaptation that I think it actually drives the message home better than the novel.
The book is more detailed, of course, but that extra material doesn’t help understanding the story really, not in my opinion anyway. So yes, this book is important and relevant but tedious to read, especially at the beginning.
In Kubrick’s movie, it actually works better than in the book, in part due to McDowell’s stellar performance. In the book it’s relevant but slows me down. And that’s maybe my problem with it. The movie is such a formidable adaptation that I think it actually drives the message home better than the novel.
The book is more detailed, of course, but that extra material doesn’t help understanding the story really, not in my opinion anyway. So yes, this book is important and relevant but tedious to read, especially at the beginning.
tudorpernes's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
soinavoice's review against another edition
5.0
I'm a malenky bit ambivalent/unconvinced about the ending (apparentlyomitted in the first American editions, as in the Kubrick film), but all in all, a real horrorshow read. Putting questions of philosophy and morality and high literature aside, a lot to churn the guttiwuts, but with more than enough vim and vigour to compensate. And the language--has thou ever viddied such an idiom? I'll be govoreeting exclusively in nadsat from now on, O my brothers.
Spoiler
redemptivelsd's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
𝙴𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙í𝚊 𝚎𝚜 ‘𝚕𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙í𝚊' 𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚊 𝚌𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚒 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚛 𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚘; 𝚜𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚍𝚊 𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚍𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚘 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊, 𝚌𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚌𝚒ó𝚗 𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚜 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚜 𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘.
𝙴𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚎𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚘 𝚞𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚓𝚊 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘, 𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊 𝚎𝚕 𝚝í𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚕𝚊 𝚘𝚋𝚛𝚊 𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚋ó𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚘; 𝚕𝚘𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚘 𝚎𝚕 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝚢/𝚘 𝚎𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘, 𝚕𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒ó𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚕𝚘𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚕í𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚜 (𝚢 𝚎𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚘 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚜 𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊 𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎…); 𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚜 𝚎𝚓𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚊𝚜 𝚖á𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚜 180 𝚢 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚙á𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝚢 𝚗𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚜𝚏𝚒𝚡𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝚢 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚘.
𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚐𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚟𝚘 𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚛 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚜.
𝙴𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚎𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚘 𝚞𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚓𝚊 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘, 𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊 𝚎𝚕 𝚝í𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚕𝚊 𝚘𝚋𝚛𝚊 𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚋ó𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚘; 𝚕𝚘𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚘 𝚎𝚕 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝚢/𝚘 𝚎𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘, 𝚕𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒ó𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚕𝚘𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚕í𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚜 (𝚢 𝚎𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚘 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚜 𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊 𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎…); 𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚜 𝚎𝚓𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚊𝚜 𝚖á𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚜 180 𝚢 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚙á𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝚢 𝚗𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚜𝚏𝚒𝚡𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝚢 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚘.
𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚐𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚟𝚘 𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚛 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚜.
skzaph's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
incredible use of language, likeable yet problematic mc, good mix of fleshed out characters and plot. over all a solid book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Rape, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Pedophilia
evaskov's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25