Has Anyone Read The Book?

I found both the book and the film very interesting adn quirky. I can't really remember the endings in detail though, as it's some years since I've seen or read it.

I have never read the book.But i think it must be interesting as others have said.I would watch the movie at first.Because i am afraid i could not understand the book.

re the ending - apparently Kubrick's adaption was taken from an American edition of the book that didn't include the last chapter.

I like both book and movie, but I simply don't get why Kubrick chose to leave out the final chapter. I find it's so important for the story and almost makes the movie useless. I also don't think his excuse of only knowing the American version of the book really works as he lived in the UK plus many people he worked with were British and they must have known the UK version. I love the language myself, it took me a few pages to get into it, but it's very well thought out.

It is by anthony burgess and many people are annoyed by kubricks changing of the ending as it makes the point of the sory harder to see

I thought the movie was surprisingly close to the book..yes the ending is diferent but i'm used to Kubrick changing radically his book sources. So clockwork orange is pretty close i think. As for the understanding i have red the book in italian, so probably some of the complexities were lost.

I enjoyed the movie enough to find the book and read it. The different endings were interesting and I think at first I was annoyed but I enjoyed both endings. The language wasn't too difficult to understand. I think I might have looked up online the language in the book so of course that helped.

I'm not a fan of Kubrick but Clockwork Orange is a great film and I don't like the ending, the book is much better. I loved the language it doesn't take long to adjust at all. Have you read Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban, it looks unreadable as its written how you would speak, not in proper english.