A review by pithingcontest
The Trial: A New Translation Based on the Restored Text by Franz Kafka

reflective tense slow-paced

4.25

[8.5/10] Wow. Kafka's ability to create true horror out of the mundane is incredible. Reading the paranoia surrounding social interactions feels overwhelming and fills me with dread, like when I was an anxious kid overanalyzing everything I said. I loved how plainly he highlights just how truly terrifying the inefficiency of bureaucracy is (especially vis-à-vis the justice system obviously), an inefficiency and unfairness that we're all kind of used to at this point. I can absolutely see his influence on Camus as well. (Felt very similar to The Stranger, especially with the prison chaplain at the end.) Definitely a novel I want to reread very very closely.