THE METAMORPHOSIS book review
Fun facts: 1. I had been dying to read one of Kafka's books for a long ass time. 2. My boyfriend is deeply afraid and repulsed by cockroaches. Now GUESS who gave me as a gift this book 😂 Oh, his face when he realises what the book was about 😂 Oh, how he reacted when I read to him some parts of the book😂
I HIGHLY recommend this book. It's easily 5/5 star. It's small so it's easy to read but I would recommend not to read it too fast so you enjoy what the book is really about. I do have to give out a trigger warning tho to all the people who have entomophobia. It might be obvious with the hug bug on the cover but it was not obvious enough for my boyfriend so... I'm just saying... Anyways let us begin
⚠️SPOILERS AHEAD⚠️
This book made me so sad and angry at the same time. Because this book is not about a man turning into a roach. This book is about a man who lets his mask fall down and allows his family to see and realise just how depressed and bad he is feeling.
Gregor is working his ass off trying to pay off his parents' debt and at the same time he saves some money up, not for himself but for his sister. So she can have a better and more fulfilling future. He wakes up as a roach and his first thought is not 'oh no ew what shall I do to turn back' but it is 'oh no work! My parents!' Even his parents admit to his boss that he lives just to work, that he cares for nothing else in life, not about himself, but only for his job.
His sister tried to be gentle with him. Even his mother tried at some point. To help him out, to clean after him, to feed him, to help him be a part of their family even tho he was locked away. But even that was not enough. Because at some point they stopped treating him and thinking of him as a part of this family. They were barely tolerating him. And all he wanted was to be seen, heard and to feel included. And at the same time he tried his best not to be seen and heard by his family so they dont get disturbed by him.
I swear the way he was treated when he died. Oh my gods I felt so sad and angry. I was FURIOUS but not fast (sorry that was a bad pun. Just like me *laughs in pansexual* SORRY I'LL STOP I SWEAR)











