Hard to describe how I feel about it

I found it extremely hard to read therefore download audible to listen to it I do quite like the book although it isn’t a nice thing to read/listen to.I had to read it due to an essay I was writing for Alevel English literature with the theory of Marxism. It was extremely good book to examine and pull apart I got a B overall if that helps 😂 an interesting listen if nothing else

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brilliant

Excellent, you will love or hate it, I love it! Great narrator as well.

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Hard to absorb it without thinking of the film

Would you consider the audio edition of A Clockwork Orange to be better than the print version?

haven't read the book

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The book is famous for its displays of graphic violence yet the majority of the book focuses on the moral aspects of controlling someone's free will, despite the individual being a criminal likely to cause more violence.

Any additional comments?

Interesting to listen to the original book as the film is so famous with so many connotations connected.What is particularly interesting is the reading by Anthony Burgess himself at the end. The characters in the film and the narrator Tom Hollander portray our humble narrator as resident of London with a slight cockney twang - yet Burgesses voice is a thick northern gruff. Burgess himself expresses this isn't one of his finest novels and had found fame from the movie. I could go on to identify some areas where there is a lack of imagination in the development of the story (for example meeting exactly the same characters from before prison, when out of prison) but I feel here the end is what matters, not so much the means of getting there.It is far from a perfect novel, but does bring some interesting aspects on the moral implications of conditioning.

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The "who ha". I think I get it know.

It's been like reading a foreign language book, that after a while you " be get" to understand - Bazaar. This book has been in the background of my years of life and I eventually got around to reading it. What a read. I now understand why there was /is so much hype. More questions are being asked than answered. For me the story has a parallel with Trainspotting. The language, drugs and violence all apparent, but also the youth. I now need to catch the film of this book to understand how they ended the film. Since they missed the last chapter. Also I never knew Antony was from "up North".

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Great

This is definitely one of those books which are much better to listen than to read. Amazing and intriguing story very well performed by Tom Hollander

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The narrator does an excellent job

Once I had gotten used to the weird slang, I really enjoyed the style. The narrator’s performance is excellent; I imagine if I was actually reading this book I would have struggled a little more with the language. It reminded me of David Firth videos.
An entertaining listen, I got through it fast!

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Chapter 22 . Anthony Burgess reads chapters 1,2&4 brilliantly..

My favourite book and I dearly wish he had read it all, delivered as he imagined it and moulded it into A Clockwork Orange .
I’ll take a glass of Moloko and synthemesc, drencrom or velocet and then happily itty out on my oddy knocky into the chill winter bastard with my pods in my oomnys while listening to his golloss .
The main narrator does a good job but influenced by Malcolm and of course how couldn’t he be ..

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Real Horrorshow!

This was intoxicating to listen to. The narration was pitch perfected and made the Nadsat dialogue of the text an easy and understandable listen which is no easy feat as for a first timer to this book it can be a little jarring but this was so well done and the best reading of the novel I have heard to date. Well worth your time of your humble narrator oh my brothers and sisters!

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An excellent performance of this classic book.

Engaging and entertaining, this reading by Tom Hollander is a perfect example of the value and unique experience of an audio book. The 3 selected chapters read by the author himself are a fascinating extra. Highly recommended.

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Unforgettable

What is a fairly difficult text, owing in part, to the incorporation of ‘Nadsat’ speak, is made so much more accessible by the effortless narration. The conversational tone and accurate cockney accent bring this story to life. I really felt like I knew Alex DeLarge by the third or fourth chapter. The style of the narration makes Nadsat much easier to pick up, so easy in fact, I started using it inadvertently in my everyday speech. The story is brutal, exploring the worst of human nature, unashamedly bringing all the inner perversions to the surface. It’s uncomfortable and queer. But oh god is it fantastic! I was gripped to the plot start to finish. Highly recommend! A true gem.

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