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index75's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? N/A
4.25
booktrotter_bxl's review against another edition
4.0
This book has left a very deep impression on me. Hearing about 'the kafka-trap' and 'kafkaesque' through my whole teenage years made me curious of who this man named kafka was.
A man wakes up one morning and finds out he transformed into a cockoach. He worries about his work and family. What will they think? When finally getting out of his room, the exposure of his appearance to his family is the first step towards a robust alienation from Gregor and his family. This book is about a metamorphosis and metaphor in one. It is so simple, yet immaculate. And the story represented could be a metaphor for so many things: alienation of disabled and minors from society, alienation of poor ppl from a capitalist world, or in general the outsiders or lone wolves and their enstangement. Some may say this story is a hint to the downturn of his dad towards kafka's choice to study literature.
A allegory which can be linked too many things, yet so amazingly clear and loud.
Loved it!
A man wakes up one morning and finds out he transformed into a cockoach. He worries about his work and family. What will they think? When finally getting out of his room, the exposure of his appearance to his family is the first step towards a robust alienation from Gregor and his family. This book is about a metamorphosis and metaphor in one. It is so simple, yet immaculate. And the story represented could be a metaphor for so many things: alienation of disabled and minors from society, alienation of poor ppl from a capitalist world, or in general the outsiders or lone wolves and their enstangement. Some may say this story is a hint to the downturn of his dad towards kafka's choice to study literature.
A allegory which can be linked too many things, yet so amazingly clear and loud.
Loved it!
divsrii's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
If would you still love me if was a worm was a book it'd be this.
nathalie0307's review against another edition
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
3.5
bramsgaw's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
0aliceinbookland0's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
yars_reading_corner's review against another edition
5.0
There are certainly a lot of psychological and literary analysis behind Kafka's The Metamorphosis and it's definitely obvious why it's his magnum opus.
There's a lot of symbolism to perhaps emotional or psychological imprisonment of oneself from stress or losing yourself in the crowdiness of life, written as transformation of Gregor Samsa into a cockroach and his inability to return to his former self, and also to the finality of life and suffering and the freedom following it for both the person suffering and the closest people caring or perhaps afflicted with their misfortune.
It's just so boring till you get to the end though, so it's worth it to read it until the last page!