It is more sensationalist than the others. Burgess set out to shock in response to his wife having been raped by 4 American deserters. Linguistically it is Joycean in parts so that when you read with the flow it is beatifully euphonic.
Reading your post and seeing your intelligence and maturity, I'd say to read it.( I trust that doesn't come across as patronising).
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.