20.4k reviews for:

The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories

Franz Kafka

3.69 AVERAGE

sofiam19's review against another edition

2.5

dark reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Bleak, sad, and also wtf 

slayden_05's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

saomie's review against another edition

4.0

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Idk wtf I was expecting but it wasn’t that….. altho upon reflection I like this alot more than I did whilst reading it and it is deffo a book I’ll mention to others

smarties9900's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

prissi's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

sarah8778's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

flokat's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

magui_555's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

kayooo's review against another edition

2.5

mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mermelephant's review against another edition

2.0

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This book was weird. I almost gave up half way thru cause I felt like it wasn't going anywhere. I usually give books 100 pages or so to see if I want to finish. It's so short I decided to keep going and I'm glad I did. It did get to the point and it was a sad one. It was thought provoking enough to be mildly interesting, but I will probably forget this book aside from my overall feeling of "it was weird" by next week.