20.4k reviews for:

The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories

Franz Kafka

3.69 AVERAGE

khrysta's review against another edition

4.0

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Why am I relating to a bug rn.  I love how you could interpret this change and how he acknowledges and comes to terms with it to so many things.  

bakunil's review against another edition

5.0

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มีความเห็นตรงกันกับคาฟคาว่าตอนจบนั้นไม่ดีเอาเสียเลย จริง ๆ แล้ว เกรกอร์ ซามซา ควรจะฆาตกรรมล้างครอบครัวแล้วตั้งอาณาจักรแมลง

joodreads's review against another edition

4.0

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ضيقة وكتمة، الناس بتلعب عليك وتقولك "ايه بنحبك حتى لو كنتي حشرة!" بس لما تتحولين حشرة صدق بتطلع وجيههم الصدقية 😔

عالعموم اتوقع النسخة الي قريتها هي أكثر نسخة مختصرة من القصة لأنها مرة مرة قصيرة بس جازتلي ووجعت قلبي

megannn_m7's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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