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A review by thefussyreader
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
5.0
Fantastic read!
When I first picked it up and read the first line, I stopped, put the book down and thought 'how am I ever going to read this?!'
For those who don't know, this book is written in 'Nadsat', a made up teen slang language which is basically a hybrid of English and phonetic Russian.
Very hard to wrap your head around at first, but with a glossary of translations, reading the fictional language of Nadsat became second nature after a few chapters.
I don't know what impressed me more, The book itself, or the way my mind subconsciously read a Nadsat word and translated it without a second thought.
Okay, yes, so the book is very violent, and Alex and his droogs are just the worst kids doing just the worst things.
But then Anthony Burgess flips it and you soon almost find yourself feeling sorry for Alex, and by the end of it, you're left feeling really good about the situation, satisfied, despite all the shocking things Alex did.
It's only a little book and well worth a read, I say, if you can deal with the violence. Never read a book written in such a way before and I'm impressed Burgess managed to remember all the words whilst writing it.
Give this book ago and 'viddy' what you think of it. ;)
When I first picked it up and read the first line, I stopped, put the book down and thought 'how am I ever going to read this?!'
For those who don't know, this book is written in 'Nadsat', a made up teen slang language which is basically a hybrid of English and phonetic Russian.
Very hard to wrap your head around at first, but with a glossary of translations, reading the fictional language of Nadsat became second nature after a few chapters.
I don't know what impressed me more, The book itself, or the way my mind subconsciously read a Nadsat word and translated it without a second thought.
Okay, yes, so the book is very violent, and Alex and his droogs are just the worst kids doing just the worst things.
But then Anthony Burgess flips it and you soon almost find yourself feeling sorry for Alex, and by the end of it, you're left feeling really good about the situation, satisfied, despite all the shocking things Alex did.
It's only a little book and well worth a read, I say, if you can deal with the violence. Never read a book written in such a way before and I'm impressed Burgess managed to remember all the words whilst writing it.
Give this book ago and 'viddy' what you think of it. ;)