Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

60 reviews

abbyhrc's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

3.0

the sad girl community on tiktok lied to me this was mid

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Death

perth_is's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Vomit

valentine_c's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Suicide, and Abandonment

vithelovers's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, and Abandonment

ib31's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

olddustjacket's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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, Physical abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lizardgod's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

• Negative one star on personal review
• Personal review is as following:
  • 'I hated this story. Woe is me, a poor man. I just work and now I am bug. I must now reflect as everyone shoes me away as they once were afraid to. Oh yeah and my sister is mighty fine if you know what I mean. Gross.'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment

emilia_thereader's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Grief

Minor: Blood

nugehood's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

freckled_frog_boi's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Okay, it’s Kafka, and an extremely absurdist novel which means there is lots of ways to interpret this. 

But the main thought i got when reading was “well, that’s capitalism innit“

It seemed to me like it showed how disability is treated in a capitalist society.

Not simply with his boss, but of what his considered value is among his family. He is only considered human (or of containing humanity) if he is of some use to the family. And the more he is seen as “useless” the more they stop caring about him. 

He hinders their ability to gain money and keep it (ie with the renters), they all collectively have to put in more work to keep him alive (ie the new jobs in order to cover his debt, rent for the house, and his expenses), and he wasn’t allowed to be seen if the family wanted to maintain their status. 

And when he died it was like a burden was lifted from the family - indicating gregor was the burden. 

These are all experiences of disabled people who live in such a society as this,

and i think it’s a really good critique of it, in a magical realism type of way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail