a1exander's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Injury/injury detail and Body horror
Moderate: Confinement and Death
katethecatlady's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Confinement, and Injury/injury detail
Moderate: Ableism and Chronic illness
sadiaa's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Body horror
pitedavid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Detta är ett intresant perspektiv med många olika tolkningar. Översattarna verkar respektera Kafkas visiob för boken och den läses så.
Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Ableism
criticalgayze's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I picked this up out of curiosity after reading Mohsin Hamid's The Last White Man, and I found that I largely appreciated this story about a man whose radical transformation allows his family of societal rejects to come into their own.
I don't understand its place in the literary firmament, but I appreciate having read it.
Moderate: Body horror and Confinement
grace_cr1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Minor: Injury/injury detail, Body horror, Violence, Misogyny, Death, Abandonment, Animal death, and Confinement
perth_is's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Body horror
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Vomit
dreamowl24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Death
chloebrcsn's review against another edition
- 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? N/A
4.25
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty
byrdteeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
- Negative one star on personal review
- Personal review is as following:
- 'I hated this story. Woe is me, a poor man. I just work and now I am bug. I must now reflect as everyone shoes me away as they once were afraid to. Oh yeah and my sister is mighty fine if you know what I mean. Gross.'
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Animal death, Physical abuse, Torture, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Abandonment