20.4k reviews for:

The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories

Franz Kafka

3.69 AVERAGE

arielle_bu's review against another edition

4.5

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mjoh's review against another edition

3.75

fast-paced

kanashimi69's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

greenoctober's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yars_reading_corner's review against another edition

5.0

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There are certainly a lot of psychological and literary analysis behind Kafka's The Metamorphosis and it's definitely obvious why it's his magnum opus.

There's a lot of symbolism to perhaps emotional or psychological imprisonment of oneself from stress or losing yourself in the crowdiness of life, written as transformation of Gregor Samsa into a cockroach and his inability to return to his former self, and also to the finality of life and suffering and the freedom following it for both the person suffering and the closest people caring or perhaps afflicted with their misfortune.

It's just so boring till you get to the end though, so it's worth it to read it until the last page!

aukohler's review against another edition

4.25

reflective sad fast-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

hannadekoning01's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5
This was very interesting. It kind of felt like a weird dream...

queleealejiu's review against another edition

4.0

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Tarde muchísimo en terminar el libro, unos relatos se me hicieron más comprensibles que otros, tuve que tomarme el tiempo necesario y mucha concentración para descifrar que quería transmitir Kafka, realmente no se si lo logre pero puedo decir que hubieron momentos de la lectura en que entendía y me transmitía sentimientos increíbles.
Para mi quizás significa algo diferente a lo que Kafka pensó pero fue una lectura conmovedora y que me hizo explotar la cabeza, es lo primero que leo del autor y espero próximamente tener más.

folklore_kit's review against another edition

2.75

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Metamorphosis is a 5 star short story. I wasn’t really convinced by many others in this collection. 

geneween's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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