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Kim
I have to pass on a rating of this for now. Though the book was well written, the content - from the violence, robbery and rape done by the juvenile criminals, to the brainwashing done by the state in retribution, this was a very uncomfortable read. I found the Introduction to be one a very interesting part of the book. In it, Burgess explains that he doesn't care for the book, especially the American version which Stanley Kubrick turned into a famous film. That was an incomplete an incomplete v ...more
Karen Mcilhargey
Dec 22, 2011 marked it as to-read
Jan Hansen
Apr 15, 2012 rated it did not like it
Terra
Apr 05, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: also-a-film
Smez
Jul 04, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
Kelly Thomas
Dec 28, 2015 marked it as to-read
Shelves: classics
Jess
Jun 25, 2016 marked it as to-read
Regina
Jan 04, 2018 marked it as to-read
Michelle
Jul 18, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jenn
Mar 24, 2020 marked it as did-not-finish  ·  review of another edition
Andrea James
May 06, 2020 rated it really liked it
Anne
Oct 22, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Jamie
Nov 24, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Amanda
Apr 17, 2022 marked it as to-read
bookwormsewist
Apr 18, 2022 rated it it was amazing
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