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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
not to be like every other edinburgh student who ‘loves to read’ but this was sick i loved everything about it a new favourite
i think the hazy dreamlike quality in these stories is probably my favourite thing to read in the whole world and i appreciated the juxtaposition of those and then the more tender and honest meditations and letter to his father. honestly just banging like hot take kafka is sick
i think the metamorphosis is obviously objectively the best and i see the hype but i also personally highly enjoyed in the penal colony and appreciated the change in setting from the other kafka that i have read !!! like i enjoyed not being in a musty city centre apartment and being somewhere totally new. my favourite thing about this whole book was probably the relationship in that story between the condemned man and the soldier charged with watching him that just really was the cherry on top of the whole thing
i think the hazy dreamlike quality in these stories is probably my favourite thing to read in the whole world and i appreciated the juxtaposition of those and then the more tender and honest meditations and letter to his father. honestly just banging like hot take kafka is sick
i think the metamorphosis is obviously objectively the best and i see the hype but i also personally highly enjoyed in the penal colony and appreciated the change in setting from the other kafka that i have read !!! like i enjoyed not being in a musty city centre apartment and being somewhere totally new. my favourite thing about this whole book was probably the relationship in that story between the condemned man and the soldier charged with watching him that just really was the cherry on top of the whole thing
Camus was right: you do need to read twice to understand Kafka, but that's part of the beauty
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
isn't it crazy that I would be anxious about work if I turned into a bug. Is that an indictment on society, or is that just humans... would I worry about not being to gather berries due to my untimely metamorphosis 50,000 years ago?
dark
tense
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
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I understand that this book is a metaphor for feeling out of place and alienated in this world, but I hated reading it sorry xxxx
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Reading this in a very different light after having started with Letter to his Father. Poignant, extremely relatable. Kafka really has a way of embracing the uncomfortable.
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A