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It's the oldest story in the world, one morning Gregor Samsa wakes up to find that he has been turned into a giant insect. It's not funny he has a job to get to! What if he gets fired? What will his elderly parents and younger sister do now? And so begins the rest of Gregor Samsa's life where he's stuck in an implausible situation while the world around him continues to turn.

I think there's a lot that could be said about this book. In this day and age, I see what happens to him immediately after his transformation as a metaphor for how we're all replaceable labor and your work doesn't care about you. It could also be about chronic illness or mental illness and how it affects not only the person suffering from it but their loved ones. Hell, we could even interpret the family as moochers who jumped ship the second Gregor couldn't provide them his all. I will let all these interpretations and analysis to others smarter than me, and I will say that I enjoyed reading this and it's a classic that has a lot of worth.

Content Warnings

bookishghost's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

mollyseidl's review against another edition

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5.0

"One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug."
Ate once again!!!! Opening line of the century! I'm an empath so I do feel sad for Gregor :/ but other than that she's a must read

Original Review 2019
the concept of this book is so bad but so camp. 5 stars. I hated it. Have thought about it constantly since reading it 3 years ago.

hanamsti's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

pacifist's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

thrasher619's review against another edition

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4.0

Never read it in school so I gave it a go. So sad. Bugs need love too.

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