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Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!}
I feel really bad because I tried REALLY hard to read this. I tried to read this for the second time, and it's the slang that is hard for me to read. I really don't understand what is going on in the book.

It wasn't until I watched the movie that I actually understood what was going on.

Other than the slang, this was a well-written book. Usually experimental style books do it for me, but this was a no bueno for me.

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Livietta
La prima parte è faticosa: Alex racconta la sua storia in prima persona con il suo linguaggio inventato in cui occorre entrare. Poi, se uno ha visto il film di Kubrick, non può non pensare a come lui riesca a rendere alla perfezione questa parte, e a orientarsi sulla posizione "oh, sta a vedere che a questo giro è meglio il film?"
Poi Alex viene preso e comincia la parte della prigione, del Metodo Ludovico (seconda parte) e infine il ritorno alla società (terza parte). E qui, la situazione cambia
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