A review by danielliang
The Trial by Franz Kafka

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.5

Kafka takes the reader on a confusing and richly metaphorical story with very little clearly given/outlined. After finishing the book I had to sit for quite a while connecting all the seemingly confusing and sometimes contradictory pieces of advice given to K., the main character, to some higher moral or theme. When I did this while reading the book I had a hard time; I thought this was a result of it being based off of a somewhat unfinished manuscript, but I realize more and more of Kafka’s genius with this story. There’s a ton of different ways to interpret this story; some say it’s a parable some a satirical or existential commentary and I would say that none of this is wrong. That’s why I find this book is so cool. So many ways to interpret such a spiraling story. Anways spice level prolly like a 7/10 😜🤪


     I’m not going to say what I believe the story is supposed to be here because I don’t want this review to affect how my boyfriend, who I will force to read this book, interprets the story for the first time.