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19.8k reviews for:

La Metamorfosis

Franz Kafka

3.68 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Listen, I know this is not what Kafka was going for, but what I took away from this book is a wonderful allegory for the way disabled people are treated the longer their convalescence gets.
dark reflective tense fast-paced
challenging sad fast-paced
dark reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

just so so sad
inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated

why did he die :(

This book was an interesting concept and pretty funny at parts but pretty dated. I enjoyed it enough though exploring the concept of forcing your family to answer the question “would you love me if I was a bug?”