Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

114 reviews

michela_ognibeni's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Body horror

liri_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, and Abandonment

liviamello's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Animal death

Moderate: Death and Suicide

a1exander's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement and Death

wwnter's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death

magatsumandala's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

kate_has_book_thoughts's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Chronic illness

kers_tin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Body horror, Death, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Classism

sadiaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

criticalgayze's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Is it stating the obvious to say this is a weird little book?

I picked this up out of curiosity after reading Mohsin Hamid's The Last White Man, and I found that I largely appreciated this story about a man whose radical transformation allows his family of societal rejects to come into their own.

I don't understand its place in the literary firmament, but I appreciate having read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Confinement