From the Bookshelf of Diversity in All Forms!

The Metamorphosis
by
Start date
May 4, 2021
Finish date
May 30, 2021
Discussion
Country and Territories
Why we're reading this
Country and/or territory: Curacao, Cyprus and/or Czech Republic

The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka, Stanley C…more

Find A Copy At

Group Discussions About This Book

A Dangerous Place (March 2023)
By Mariah Roze · 1 post · 6 views
last updated Mar 04, 2023 01:57PM
Homegoing (February 2023)
By Mariah Roze · 3 posts · 18 views
last updated Feb 06, 2023 01:39PM
showing 2 of 2 topics    view all »
Other topics mentioning this book
October Halloween "Book Challenge"
By Mariah Roze · 37 posts · 98 views
last updated Oct 18, 2017 02:14AM
Curacao, Cyprus and/or Czech Republic (May 2021)
By Mariah Roze · 9 posts · 30 views
last updated Apr 22, 2021 07:28AM

What Members Thought

Matthew
Sep 25, 2014 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2014, audio, classic, library
It was okay - strange and kind of depressing.
Melania 🍒
3/5

|| The Read Harder Challenge 2018 - A Book of Genre Fiction in Translation ||

*intensely reading SparkNotes to understand why exactly this book is such a big deal*

Still don’t know, maybe it’s not that deep 🤷‍♀️
Puck
*Augustus Waters voice* It’s a metaphor.

Maar ondanks dat een verhaal een metafoor is voor iets groters, hoeft het nog niet saai te zijn. Of beter gezegd: “Metamorphosis” of “De Gedaanteverwisseling” vond ik niet saai maar eerder underwhelming. Dit boek wordt door zoveel schrijvers geprezen en staat in zoveel literaire lijstjes – en dat begrijp ik aan de ene kant wel, maar aan de andere kant niet.

De ene kant: De openingszin is geweldig en brengt je gelijk in het verhaal. Gregor Samsa wordt op een
...more
Toni FGMAMTC
Sep 03, 2017 rated it really liked it
This short story is beyond weird. I mean it super is, but it really kept my attention. It's like nothing I remember reading before. I won't soon forget it. ...more
Sarah
Mar 26, 2013 rated it it was ok
Rachel
Mar 30, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: classics
Nicole Cavallin
Apr 08, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own
Chris Hoffman
Jun 21, 2013 rated it liked it
Jan
Jul 07, 2013 rated it really liked it
Molly
Sep 12, 2013 marked it as to-read
Jessica Calaway
Sep 29, 2013 rated it really liked it
J.D. Estrada
Dec 22, 2013 rated it it was ok
Lisette
Nov 02, 2014 rated it really liked it
Megan
Feb 18, 2016 marked it as to-read
Kirtika Singh
Jul 04, 2016 marked it as to-read
siriusedward
Aug 14, 2016 rated it really liked it
Ashley Jacobson
Dec 04, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-fiction
Maria
Apr 07, 2017 marked it as to-read
Namita
Aug 02, 2017 rated it really liked it
Megan
Nov 18, 2017 rated it it was ok
Leslie
Feb 16, 2018 marked it as to-read
Federica Grdn
Apr 03, 2018 rated it really liked it
sab
Sep 02, 2018 added it
Revathe Thillaikumar
Dec 30, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Zaira
Jan 07, 2021 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2021