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For all those in my life that loved this book, I tried to like it. I attempted with all of my might to see past its superficial writing and absolutely insane premise, but I just couldn't bring myself to take any pleasure from reading this book for my AP Literature class.
I'll admit, its social commentary is wildly fascinating and the symboloism of the basic parts of the book is and will always be so applicable to society, but purely as a piece of writing, I was completely thrown off. Nothing abou ...more
I'll admit, its social commentary is wildly fascinating and the symboloism of the basic parts of the book is and will always be so applicable to society, but purely as a piece of writing, I was completely thrown off. Nothing abou ...more
I love Kafka's surreal world. This story, along with others of Kafka are some of my favorites.
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Like other people have reviewed it certainly is a good commentary on the way people treat others who are different. Throughout most of it I felt sort of sad for Gregor and annoyed by Grete. I really liked Kafka's writing. It was simple and to the point which made a pretty quick read along with it being rather on the short side. I gave this book three stars because even though it was good and I would recommend it to other people, but at least in my opinion it wasn't great.
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Nov 26, 2009
Dimitry
marked it as to-read
