I liked this, although it sort of depressed me (and I found a squashed fly in chapter 13. The hazards of used books, I suppose). It was a satire on political thought: on governmental tyranny, political dissidents, those who want change, those who fight against change, those who believe modern youth are corrupt and those who let them just run around and have their way. In the end, I almost believed Burgess to be a nihilist: nobody can win, so why bother existing? Everybody is bad and evil in the end, and they spawn their bad and evil children and let the cycle continue. Oh my. I enjoyed it, though; it made me think, and I like that quality in a novel, even if this sort of reminded me a bit too much of other dystopian novels I’ve read.
Jun 24, 09:16AM PDT | 0 comments
I read this once before, during the summer prior to tenth grade, but I don’t think I properly understood all of the deeper aspects other than the humour way back when. This was an assigned reading for my English class and I, again, enjoyed it—not as much as Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, but it was a worthwhile read and by far not the worst thing I’ve ever read. (Writing the paper ruined it a little, though.)
Jun 19, 11:50AM PDT | 0 comments
AH! I laughed so much while I was reading this, and for a self-proclaimed grammar nazi, I learned a ton about both American and English grammar. It was not only funny, but it was informative, and that’s a good combination in an educational book. I loved it so much that I recommended it to my English teacher as summer reading for one of the honors classes and he actually agreed, which made me feel special. But anyway, yeah. One of the better books I’ve read in a while.
Jun 19, 11:48AM PDT | 0 comments
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