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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Much of the time I spent reading this felt like an exercise in frustration and tediousness. The "new translation" advertised felt like a lie, as most of the formatting consisted of walls of text with no paragraph separation, and needlessly long run-on sentences. Even so, I could not put it down. The psychological and philosophical diatribes throughout this novel (incomplete, apparently!) were gripping.
If the formatting issues were simply Kafka's way of making the reader as frustrated as Josef K.'s fruitless and futile endeavors with the powers that be, touché.
If the formatting issues were simply Kafka's way of making the reader as frustrated as Josef K.'s fruitless and futile endeavors with the powers that be, touché.
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Intrigerend boek, de hoofdpersoon is verloren in het web van een onbegrijpbaar en onvatbaar rechtsstelsel
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ce chef d’œuvre de la littérature mondiale est particulièrement frappant pour l’absurdité et la critique de la bureaucratie qu’il propose. Kafka démontre ici une démarche philosophique employant une ironie cauchemardesque et hyper réaliste comme nul autre pareil. J’ai été fortement challengé à la lecture de ce roman. On dirait que tout est mis en place pour qu’on ne puisse pas réussir à le finir. On ne sait pas ce qui se passe et on ne sais pas pourquoi ça se passe. Kafka m’a propulsé dans un labyrinthe tout aussi tordu, avec des personnages des plus louches m’arrêtant à chaque tournant. La fin, autant choquante que le déroulement du récit, est frappante et nous questionne à savoir ce que l’humanité entière peux penser de notre petite personne. Une relecture devra certainement être envisagé pour ma part, mais je suis content d’avoir pu plonger dans l’univers kafkaïen et ressortir avec les horizons élargies.
challenging
reflective
tense
medium-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
challenging
dark
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
This book is remarkably well-crafted. Its prose is perfectly in tune with the subject matter covered therein. Unfortunately, I therefore did not find it to be an enjoyable read. It's a worthwhile read, but not one I'll be hurrying to pick back up.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes