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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
fast-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not an easy or even highly enjoyable fo me tbh (I even had to bring out the audiobook for this one) but I'll say I was quite impressed. Didn't think you could craft a horror scenario just from bureaucracy but the helplessness Josef K feels is so chilling that it felt tangible to me at times.
quotes
- "It's true that you're under arrest, but that shouldn't stop you from carrying out your job. And there shouldn't be anything to stop you from carrying on with your usual life."
- "All that I want is a public discussion of a public wrong."
- Try to gain some insight into the size of the court organism and how, to some extent, it remains in a state of suspension, and that even if you alter something in one place you'll draw the ground out from under your feet and might fall, whereas if an enormous organism like the court is disrupted in any one place it finds it easy to provide a substitute for itself somewhere else.
- "It is simply those who are facing a charge are the most attractive."
- "The text cannot be altered, and the various opinions are often no more than an expression of despair over it."
- "You don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary." "Depressing view," said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world."
- They formed a unit of the sort that normally can be formed only by matter that is lifeless.
- "It's true that you're under arrest, but that shouldn't stop you from carrying out your job. And there shouldn't be anything to stop you from carrying on with your usual life."
- "All that I want is a public discussion of a public wrong."
- Try to gain some insight into the size of the court organism and how, to some extent, it remains in a state of suspension, and that even if you alter something in one place you'll draw the ground out from under your feet and might fall, whereas if an enormous organism like the court is disrupted in any one place it finds it easy to provide a substitute for itself somewhere else.
- "It is simply those who are facing a charge are the most attractive."
- "The text cannot be altered, and the various opinions are often no more than an expression of despair over it."
- "You don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary." "Depressing view," said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world."
- They formed a unit of the sort that normally can be formed only by matter that is lifeless.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Kafka may have never finished this novel but it remains a thought provoking and often absurd look at the bureaucratic world. Josef K. awakes one morning to be arrested and finds himself on trial for an unknown crime. As the trial hangs over his head, K. struggles to find answers and defend himself against the indictment. It's a clever look into the world of bureaucracy - background deals, unrestrained power, shady glimpses of 'truth' - but perhaps also a shrewd analysis of life itself. The only shame is that the novel remained unfinished.