Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

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

7 reviews

kubs's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

First thing he thinks about is going to work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

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

abken's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

Very dark tale of alienating. Characters, events, intentions are not justified, but I think it is more metaphorical/allegorical, so it was not the point to have complex characters that make sense as in a regular magical realism/fantasy work. This was very page-effective and didn't need more complexity or it would have turned into a more literal tale of the literal experience of person turning into a bug and the family's coping instead of a metaphor to alienation and how

socially alienated or depressed people in general feel like - it was not his family who alienated from him, but in my opinion it was about how he felt and how he thought that his death would make them happy again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lunar_witch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Excrement, Grief, and Abandonment

thats_eli's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, and Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

li_reading's review against another edition

4.0

I think it’s incredibly telling that I find a bug-man to be relatable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, and Confinement

rini's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, and Fatphobia

Minor: Alcohol