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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
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.
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well, it was no Metamorphosis, I'll tell you that. I'm torn, because I would have been so mad if I had to read this in school, but I also feel like I need a literature teacher to hold my hand through interpreting this text. I ended up feeling like the author's point was to make me feel as hopeless and frustrated as the main character. (I understand this novel was unfinished and published against the author's wishes. But still.)
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
kafka was so right with this message. and it's almost scary how alike that system is with today's justice system.
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes