I know it's the middle of August, and I'm just now getting around to
posting the July book review. I've been doing pretty well with reading
my novels before the end of the month like I intended, but in July this
just didn't happen. My little sister got married at the end of the
month (yay!), and with all the wedding prep I completely ran out of time to
even buy a copy of the book. I just finished reading it, which is
definitely going to put a strain on finishing my August book before the
first of September, but I'll be pressing on! Maybe this year I will
finally accomplish one of my New Year's resolutions.
The word that best describes my initial reaction to Anthony Burgess'
A Clockwork Orange
is "perplexing." The story was completely bizarre and somehow extremely
familiar. I know it sounds weird, but I feel like I know someone who
acts kind of like Alex, repeating words three times and acting tough but
listening to classical music in their spare time. Maybe I just have
some odd friends.
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