3.86 AVERAGE

dark emotional reflective

Rip Kafka, you would have loved having a fursona.
dark sad 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: Yes
dark funny reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I can't explain why, but these stories just HIT. I wish I could read and understand them in German, I'm sure so much is lost from translation.
adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

Favorites: The Penal Colony, A Country Doctor, The Stoker (wish this could have been a full novel), and The Metamorphosis.

My favorite story was the first and shortest of them all, A Message from the Emperor.

i feel so bad for the bug dude :(

The metamorphosis is one of the best short stories ever written, and a lesson in absurdism.

The goat.
Absurd, mundane, thought-provoking, unexpectedly hilarious at points and hugely entertaining. A well curated selection, particularly liked reading the earlier works in a more traditionally modernist vein and seeing the progression of style and depth.
emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced