Real horrorshow, oh my brothers. Wow. This book was amazing. All I can really say is that Burgess must have been really sick in the head to be able to create such a horrible world and character, and I must be really sick in the head to have enjoyed it so much. Droog Alex is one of those characters that makes you cringe and want to slap, but at the same time, his attitude and sarcasm is impossibly entertaining. I can't help but compare this to the movie, as that was the reason I wanted to read the book so badly. Kubrick definitely took creative license for a lot of it, but in some ways he did an amazing job to capture the villainous "protagonist" Alex. I always thought that Malcolm McDowell did an excellent job of playing Alex, and now after reading the book I thought he did a phenomenal job. The part of the book I found to be the most interesting, however, is the intro that was written by Burgess himself. I liked reading about his thoughts on the world's fascination with the novel, the reason he himself hated the story, why he so forcefully wanted the last chapter to be included for his American readers and the reasons as to why he hated the film. Overall, I thought it was a great read and I am so happy I did not read it in school, because I am quite sure that this would have been one of those unfortunate books that I would have given up on if I had been forced to analyze it. Thankfully, I was able to come to my own conclusions and was therefore able to enjoy it.