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Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

3.68 AVERAGE

pseudoermita's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ellafeist's review against another edition

3.0

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dayereads's review against another edition

5.0

i'm so so sorry for what happened to gregor samsa. he always puts his family first. he works himself to the bone as the sole provider just to support them, but once he's no longer useful, poor, struggling, maybe because of life of being used and overworked, they throw him away like trash. he began to see how bad the people in his life really were, no matter what he had done for the family in the past. you deserved better, gregor samsa. may you rest in peace

picklefinalboss's review against another edition

4.0

pretty sad
would absolutely reread for a class assignment
i like his writing

lilpieceofmyworld's review against another edition

3.25

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ehepditch's review against another edition

4.0

This was the most unsettling (and stress-provoking) book I’ve ever read. I read an essay about Kafkaesque philosophy a few years back, and perhaps that’s why the meaning of The Metamorphosis settled over me so quickly; I understood the purpose of the confusing and overwhelming nonsense. If you go in without a bit of background, the absurdness may be distracting—almost comic. But by the end of this short novel I was so drained and sad for Gregor that Kafka could have written literally anything and it wouldn’t have felt out of place.