I have broken a record with this one.
This is the first time EVER in the history of MY LIFE that I read four pages of a book that:
- Was hailed as number 53 on the readers list and 63 on the boards list as one of the top 100 books of the century.
- I put on hold at the library.
- Drove to said library and picked up.
- Read reviews about it and said, oh great, this is a Dystopia book just like “1984″ and “Brave New World” and I LOVE Dystopia books!
After reading 4 said pages I abandoned the book.
The only way I can describe the book is that it’s like a Dr. Suess book but for adults, you know how Dr. Suess writes; he makes up a lot of words and names for fictional things in his books, but to Dr’s Suess’s credit the names are cute and they rhyme.
Not for “A Clockwork Orange“. The book used the fictional Nadsat slang that is based on the Russian language. So I did not understand ANYTHING while I was reading.
I don’t get how this book landed on the top 100 list! I understand the geniousness (is that a word?) of inventing a slang but COME ON!
Anyway, if you have read the book , tell me , did you like it? Because honestly I wanted to punch it in the face.
There is a movie version of the book so I am going to watch that because I would like to pretend that I am “a learned person”.
I just HOPE it’s in plain English because honestly, life is too short for this kind of stuff.
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