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The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Start date: February 1, 2016

Finish date: February 29, 2016

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Mar 12, 2013 Kira rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, book-bucket-list

Meh, it was ok.
I enjoyed reading about half of it and I was pretty shocked at some points, but it's not something I'd recommend. ...more

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Sep 09, 2011 Amy Neftzger rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was a nice collection of Kafka's short stories. Some I really liked a lot and wanted to rate 5 stars and some I thought were well written but not quite as engaging for me and I wanted to give those stories 3 stars. So I averaged my rating to 4 stars.

The highlight of the book is The Metamorphosis, the (in)famous story about a man who wakes up one day to find that he has turned into a cockroach. This story is certainly worth reading as the underlying themes are still prevalent in our society ...more

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Jul 19, 2011 Uday Desai rated it really liked it

This is so beautifully conceived and written.
On the writing style, Kafka powerfully conveys all the pain and agony of Gregor, and that too with very simple words and very simple language. No big quote no poetic language is used to make it that way but still makes it so effective. He gives very balanced picture and feeling about all the characters in this novella.
What I like most is the points that he is making:
1. Each one of us has some purpose in our society (and that includes our family and mo ...more

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May 20, 2012 N. LaMar rated it it was ok

Shelves: school, sad-depressing, classic, scifi

This book is very sad. And although I can appreciate a sad book this one just didn't jive with me. ...more

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Sep 19, 2011 Grace rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, audible

Crazy idea, a man who wakes up and finds himself converted into a bug. His life and family relationship changes completely. Thanks to the good description of thoughts and situations I could picture in my mind everything written in the book. Perhaps this is what happens when someone is severely ill or different to the rest.

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