Reviews

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

biiaanccca's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I had higher hopes for this book, but I was disappointed. I wanted more of Gregor, and I was upset he died. I also struggled with the way the book was written. 

ultimatekate's review against another edition

4.0

I just read this book with my seniors, and I think I liked it a lot more this time around. They, however, did not.

I also read more about Kafka and his life. It turns out he was the sole provider of his family and he had a horrible relationship with his father, which is pretty much reflected in Gregor's situation. Good stuff. Good, deep stuff.

limping2p's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I will never recover

heliosphere's review against another edition

4.0

- friendly neighborhood gregor samsa kinnie #roachcore

meirysza's review against another edition

3.0

Sad book for sad people in a match.

I can’t fathom enough my first read on Kafka’s onto thinking “Oh, this book is going to be pretentious”. Turns out, it is not. It is sincerely put together really fit to the fact of the uncanny transformation of Gregor Samsa overlooked all things he had done prior, as if what he worked for in a great spent for the family only to made their demeanors to Gregor switch (or maybe those are REAL sh*tty characters? lol). What is the point of hoping your family to treat you as normal being regardless your odd figure? They didn’t care because you couldn’t whoop your a** to work and became so much far from yourself into workaholic but not enough to beat the sh*t out of careless father, a degenerate head of the family who couldn’t afford the family except to rot on that armchair. (This book is related to Kafka’s daddy issues, I think)

ilikemandos's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

jjones2208's review

dark

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

ibrice101's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

monsterheaven's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

i had high expectations for this book but nonetheless it had brilliant writing , themes , metaphors & symbols i enjoyed reading it. it just didn’t hook me as much as i thought it would which was a shame but it’s still a really good book.

cyaneve7's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0