Kainzow’s Comments (group member since Mar 27, 2014)

Kainzow’s comments from the Classics Without All the Class group.

It is by very far Possession,which I'm currently reading!!

Currently reading Possession! Not bad at all!

A Brave New World!

Cecily wrote:Really? I find it so painfully beautiful that, for me, gloom is not an overriding theme. Or maybe that's because I read plenty of gloomy books!

It was a great read,but somehow depressing.I mean he doesn't get to reach Klam all the time,is mistreated by the inhabitants and Barnabas who he sends to the Castle always fails to do his job well.Even the persons he meets are pretty weird: Olga for instance lets herself gangraped by the men in the inn.

But it was a great read,although exhaustive.Kafka was definitely more mature when writing,as the characters had more depth and the plot was more complex.It makes even more sense when comparing it with The Myth of Sisyphus and Waiting for Godot.
But although I loved this book,I prefer The Trial,which,for me,is more intense.(maybe because it is short and thus,pretty straightforward)

Susan wrote: "Just starting 'Of Human Bondage' by Somerset Maugham."

It's a huge book and quite slow,but I learned a great deal from it! It's well worth the read!

Nearly done with The Great Gatsby!

In the middle of Never Let Me Go! A delight to read this book! I'll most certainly finish it before this week,sadly.

I will go for Kafka's The Castle!
I loved the message and the techniques used by Kafka,but still it was hard to finish this book...
It is maybe one of the gloomiest I've ever read as well.