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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
challenging
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It’s great, but can drag at points. If you like The Stanger by Camus you’ll prob like this. It’s a good read just be ready for more of a commitment.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Two and a half stars, I think. This book is a little tricky because I think that thematically, it is quite significant and interesting, but reading it was a real slog. At one point, I remember thinking to myself that Kafka must have spent three really horrible hours at Service Ontario or the equivalent of before writing this. The main character, K., is hard to like let alone empathize with too much, and (although I realize it is an old book), the portrayal of women throughout the novel is pretty subpar. Plot-wise, not a ton happens, and what does happen can be portrayed in a confusing and hard-to-follow manner. Although I believe that Kafka did this deliberately, it nevertheless excludes The Trial from ever being considered an easy or beach read. I am hopeful that the main benefit in having read this classic will make itself more apparent in my day-to-day life after having finished it, namely in higher levels of scrutiny about bureaucracy, power imbalances, transparency, perception, and the legal system in general. One can only hope that it'll make me a little smarter, and even more that the slog was not for naught. I'd be unlikely to recommend this book to anyone but a serious philosopher or a serious cynic, I think.
I’m BAAAAAAACK bitches!!! Å komme seg gjennom denne boka har pokker meg vært en større prøvelse (eller «trial» om du vil, hah!) enn å skaffe UK visum etter å ha flytta dit. Jeg skjønte ikke en dritt av boken, og selv om det er meningen, så synes jeg det føkkings unødvendig. Jeg følte meg som mine eks-klienter som mener at nav bare har en personlig vendetta mot dem når de får avslag, selv om det er ganske åpenbart at de ikke har hatt inntekt på en god stund. Satan altså. Og igjen, kan vi værsåsnill slutte å la alle hovedpersoner med mentale problemer «bli friske» av å møte Jesus? Det er litt uoriginalt, og jesus sjæl dukker jo ikke opp særlig ofte ellers i hverdagen. Men jeg kom meg gjennom, og UG er tilbake.
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Beyond some possible merit as an example of absurdity, there was nothing in this novel that I could say makes it worth reading. Unless you have to read it for some obligation or other or are familiar and tolerant of Kafka's writing, I suggest not reading this novel.
Reading this story has a feel of a dystopian novel (the crazy backward ways of the society that you hope and pray our society doesn’t evolve into). Except it was scarily too close to home and made me wonder if it was actually based on true events.
Unfortunately this story does have some elements of truth. So Kafka made it his duty to write this satire to expose the ludicrousness of the legal system in Austria-Hungary at the time.
Unfortunately this story does have some elements of truth. So Kafka made it his duty to write this satire to expose the ludicrousness of the legal system in Austria-Hungary at the time.
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No