Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Franz Kafka

15 reviews

goemonxiii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Metamorphosis may not be for everybody in the sense that it's slow, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and needed to hear its message at the time. The best way I can describe the "point" of this book is that you can't wait around for people to save you regardless of your relationship with them, and in order to get better you have to take matters into your own hands and save yourself. I read this as a teenager while I was struggling with personal and family problems, and as difficult and hard as the message was, I needed to hear it. I was like Gregor Samsa in the sense that I was struggling yet wasn't getting the help I needed from my family, and it was this book that taught me that I had to be the one to take the initiative and help myself instead of waiting around for someone else to save me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

death, toxic family, not a happy ending (but a necessary one)

, allegory for mental illness/disability

finleigh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, and Violence

thomgeg's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A lot of this book feels like a personal attack.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

lovorka's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

So sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

cat12345's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Eating disorder, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Incest, Grief, and Alcohol

danicakvcs's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder and Grief

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

kers_tin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sadiaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, and Abandonment

kajasversion's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

This book has a different meaning for each person and i love that about literature. All the characters are flawed and don’t respond to the situation correctly. The story is short but so impactful.

I was so sad to see him die.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Death