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Dec 02, 2017green_cat_1952 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Mugging, robbery, breaking in, rape, pedophilia(!) and beating. I went into this novel, expecting the main character to be committing crimes, from beginning to end. While the slang was a bit bizarre to me at first, it didn't entirely confuse me as to what was going on. I eventually got the hang of what most of the words meant as I went along. Knowing that Alex was an awful person - which I questioned whilst reading, 'What made you this way??!' - I was prepared not to feel sorry for him once he got arrested. But as the second half of the novel wore on, no matter how hard I tried, I actually started to sympathize. Even as I reminded myself to what he did earlier in the book, it still couldn't be helped (I think the fact that he's so young was also a factor)! I actually wanted Alex to be happy! He's a literary character who will stay with me forever, just like Damien Karras from The Exorcist (albeit for different reasons). Even though this isn't very long, there's so much going on! After I finished it, I decided to re-read several scenes again, to get a better understanding with the slang and characters.