A review by samihami
Investigations of a Dog by Franz Kafka

adventurous dark funny informative reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Kafka delivered us a feast that one shouldn’t resist.  
Only he can write about a philosophical dog that among all else is a dog of science. 
Of course, it wouldn’t be Kafka’s work if a good chunk of pages isn’t dedicated to starvation. That man is obsessed. 
The isolation the dog experience and how he observes the world, it  makes me wonder, if the dog isn’t perhaps Kafka himself. 
I really enjoyed this one. Though it can be difficult to read at times, it is pretty impeccable. 
What amused me, and what shows how masterful Kafka is, is when
the dog calls birds air-dogs. Whenever my dog looks curiously at a different animal, I make the joke that he probably considers it to be a really strange-looking dog.