Reviews tagging Animal cruelty

Die Verwandlung, by Franz Kafka

31 reviews

perth_is's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Vomit

dreamowl24's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Death

valentine_c's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Death, and Suicide

manymirrors's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.0

the concept of this book was really interesting, but the ending didn't convince me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

chloebrcsn's review against another edition

emotional 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty

olddustjacket's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/injury detail, Gore, and Abandonment

byrdteeth's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• 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.'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Animal death, Physical abuse, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

tking250's review against another edition

mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

freckled_frog's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

4.5

Okay, it’s Kafka, and an extremely absurdist novel which means there is lots of ways to interpret this. 

But the main thought i got when reading was “well, that’s capitalism innit“

It seemed to me like it showed how disability is treated in a capitalist society.

Spoiler

Not simply with his boss, but of what his considered value is among his family. He is only considered human (or of containing humanity) if he is of some use to the family. And the more he is seen as “useless” the more they stop caring about him. 

He hinders their ability to gain money and keep it (ie with the renters), they all collectively have to put in more work to keep him alive (ie the new jobs in order to cover his debt, rent for the house, and his expenses), and he wasn’t allowed to be seen if the family wanted to maintain their status. 

And when he died it was like a burden was lifted from the family - indicating gregor was the burden. 

These are all experiences of disabled people who live in such a society as this,

and i think it’s a really good critique of it, in a magical realism type of way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, and Abandonment

jetpackdracula's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Animal death