A Clockwork Orange vs Go Ask Alice: Which Should You Read?
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A Clockwork Orange
“'WHAT'S it going to be then, eh?'”
A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. The teenage…
1 film adaptation
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Go Ask Alice
“Yesterday I remember thinking I was the happiest person in the whole earth, in the whole galaxy, in all of God's creation.”
A teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this classic cautionary tale. January 24th After you’ve had it, there isn't even life without drugs… It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in…
The verdict
- Readers rate A Clockwork Orange highest: A Clockwork Orange 4.0 · Go Ask Alice 3.7.
- A Clockwork Orange has the widest readership — 789904 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A Clockwork Orange | Go Ask Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (789904) | 3.7 (296240) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1361) | 3.1 (243) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (22) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (156) | — |
Reception
| A Clockwork Orange | Go Ask Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 789904 | 296240 |
| Editions | 136 | 41 |
| Citations | — | 34 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 843706 | — |
| Written reviews | 27419 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 44714 | 14178 |
| Pages | 219 | 189 |