Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis begins almost comically. A man wakes up to find he has turned into an insect. But the claustrophobic, dirty room and the increasingly distressed narrator soon turn this into a tale of slow horror. Most horrifying of all is his family's reaction to his metamorphosis and their final solution to the problem.

The Metamorphosis

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He was already on the verge of forgetting, and only his mother’s voice, which he had gone so long now without hearing, had shaken him awake.

who thought a story about a cockroach could be so depressing 

ophelia ross 

I'm so glad I've read this book. Evertime someone would mention it everyone would say how it's not worth reading. "Oh it's boring.", "It doesn't have a point.", "It's just a guy turning into a bug.", but it's not. It's not boring and it's not just 'a guy turning into a bug'. It's so much more.

The moment I've read first page I just couldn't stop. Everything's so nicely described and beautifuly written. As weird as it sounds I really relate to Gregor and after reading more about Franz Kafka I feel like he also relates to him. Or even when writting about Gregor he writes about himself. He, Gregor, feels alone in everything he does and thinks he's not worth anything. His family sees him as some bank and he's trying everything he can to get close to them. Even now thinking how he went to listen to his sister play makes me so sad and just the way he dies. It perfectly describes that feeling of emptiness. It makes you think about everything and question anything.

It's a great book and I can't stop recommending it. I would love to read it for the first time again.

Korbin

I'm so glad I've read this book. Evertime someone would mention it everyone would say how it's not worth reading. "Oh it's boring.", "It doesn't have a point.", "It's just a guy turning into a bug.", but it's not. It's not boring and it's not just 'a guy turning into a bug'. It's so much more.

The moment I've read first page I just couldn't stop. Everything's so nicely described and beautifuly written. As weird as it sounds I really relate to Gregor and after reading more about Franz Kafka I feel like he also relates to him. Or even when writting about Gregor he writes about himself. He, Gregor, feels alone in everything he does and thinks he's not worth anything. His family sees him as some bank and he's trying everything he can to get close to them. Even now thinking how he went to listen to his sister play makes me so sad and just the way he dies. It perfectly describes that feeling of emptiness. It makes you think about everything and question anything.

It's a great book and I can't stop recommending it. I would love to read it for the first time again.

Originally rated it 4 stars but I haven’t stopped thinking about this book for a week so it deserves half a star more. 

Cathy Trình

it’s been a long time since something has stirred this much simultaneous unease and sadness within me. gregor is so unexpectedly sympathetic of a character—you almost can’t help but wish he would die naturally and quickly, so he no longer has to suffer the torment of being unloved, of suffering physically and emotionally, of seeing the one person he cares for the most be repulsed by him. it’s beyond cruel irony, actually, the way the story ends, their family having yet more pure chances at happiness despite the absolutely awful way they treated him. truly kafkaesque in every sense of the word, but then again, what would you expect?

The Metamorphosis

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