Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

21 reviews

fatfrog's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Child death

mathildemroy's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Confinement

frogpants's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

fucked up if true

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Classism and Injury/Injury detail

angeldevoursliterature's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Toxic relationship

norcana's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

spineofthesaurus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Abandonment, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Eating disorder

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

grereads's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I loved the writing style and the fact that it was short but still managed to be impactful. I had really high hopes for this because many of my mutuals on Twitter have liked it, but unfortunately I couldn't really identify myself with Gregor like I thought I would. It could be because I didn't have any previous knowledge on Kafka and the time and place he was portraying in the story and so I couldn't really get it. Maybe I'll change my opinion when I study Kafka in German literature class next year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death

a1exander's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement and Death

katethecatlady's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Chronic illness

cursed_sapphire's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I don't know if I loved this because I related so hard to parts of it or because I'm a philosophy sucker who loves nothing more than a complex exploration of what it means to be human, but I really loved this. Despite the absurdity, everything in this book felt so grounded and realistic, with the main character losing more of his humanity as he grows more and more isolated. I don't want to spoil the ending, but I really loved it. I couldn’t recommend this highly enough, especially due to how short it is. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence