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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
dark
sad
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Honestly, I don't think goodreads is suited for reviews of literary merit. So I rated how I felt. It was okay but I wouldn't mind reading it again. This has nothing to do with its literary merit. My dislike stemmed from the fact that barely anything happened and it wasn't entertaining. Obviously literature is not meant to be entertaining. Which is why I say my rating does not describe it's literary worth.
Literary-wise it brings up and interesting dynamic between Gregor the bug and his family dynamic. I can understand why it's so widely read.
Literary-wise it brings up and interesting dynamic between Gregor the bug and his family dynamic. I can understand why it's so widely read.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Yeah I guess life would suck if you one day woke up as a bug.
I think that The Metamorphosis could be read as a really salient critique of capitalism, or a queer narrative, depending on if you determine vermin as something you are made by society or if you become verminlike, verminous to those around you. Societally defined monstrousness. A lot more of this story than people remember is completely encompassed within the action of being buglike, of moving about, of being forgotten, alien to yourself. It is, as such, a tale deeply couched in the hatefulness of being embodied, in the viscera of becoming unknown. It is speckled with moments of hope-- not in becoming human again, but in acceptance of buggishness. These are then quickly slipped away by society. That is to say Kafka is doing a lot, and that's very sexy, and we should respect him and his long bug suicide note.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Surreal e grotesca, "A Metamorfose" é uma obra-prima da literatura moderna e uma das minhas leituras favoritas. A história, amplamente conhecida, começa com a transformação de Gregor Samsa, um jovem caixeiro-viajante, em um inseto monstruoso. Sem qualquer explicação ou lógica, Gregor acorda metamorfoseado e, a partir desse momento, é forçado a testemunhar sua completa desumanização — primeiro física, depois social, e finalmente espiritual. Essa imagem poderosa serve como ponto de partida para Kafka explorar uma série de reflexões sobre os absurdos das expectativas e pressões sociais, a fragilidade das relações afetivas e o caráter utilitário da existência humana. Tudo isso trabalhado a partir de uma atmosfera de profundo isolamento e incompreensão, que, em alguma medida, nos é familiar — afinal, ninguém consegue cumprir, o tempo todo, o papel que esperam de nós. "A Metamorfose" é um livro que vale ser lido e relido incontáveis vezes, sempre revelando novas camadas de significado para diferentes fases da vida.
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“Quando certa manhã Gregor Samsa acordou de sonhos intranquilos, encontrou-se em sua cama metamorfoseado num inseto monstruoso."
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“Quando certa manhã Gregor Samsa acordou de sonhos intranquilos, encontrou-se em sua cama metamorfoseado num inseto monstruoso."
slow-paced