I'll be honest, I have always struggled with the book and why it is considered so great, I still do. However, the graphic novel brings with it some nuance that I missed in the prose version.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka tells the story of a man that works really hard to provide for his family but one day he wakes up into a nightmare.He has become a insect.

The metamorphosis takes place in a house hold with three family members Gregor the hard working son,Grete Gregors sister and his mom and dad. Gregor is a hard working man that takes care of his family and he is also very tired of his boss. Gregors boss makes him feel as if he is so little.One day when Gregor wakes up he is awoken to a nightmare. Gregor is a big giant insect and he doesn't know it until his family starts to treat him like one.

This book was a very awkward book but also sad at the same time. I really enjoyed reading it because there was a great deal of imagery that made me feel like there was a big insect next to me. I found myself feeling bad for Gregor,wondering how it would feel to be treated so low by everyone including his own family.

My favorite part of the book was when Gregor was dreaming of yelling at his boss because his boss made him feel so little of himself.

This book was a great, quick read that left me wondering why Gregor was turned into a insect and not anything else. I would recommend this book to adults and young adults because of the language that is said in this book. I would also recommend this book to anyone who can relate of being treated so small and think so little of them selves. There was nothing inappropriate in this book. But i would worn you to watch out for the language other then that its a great book.

The artwork was unique and fun, the story a summery of The Metamorphosis. If you enjoyed Kafka, and you like comic books, it’s a fair assumption you’ll find this entertaining.

The family of Greogor Samsa reminded me of an Indian family. Anything that goes against the mainstream culture or lifestyle is received with disgust and condemnation. In the end, Samsa's parents are proud of the vanity that their daughter displayed, which is akin to how my parents view women to be. If she is a pretty figure in a family gathering, behaving princess-like and garnering attention from suitors, she is perfect and only then brings pride to her family.

So I read this again after like 2 months and I still don't fully get it like I get the moral of the story but only after googling what it was then I put into pieces and clocked

I honestly don't know what to do with this. What was the point of it? I'm used to short stories exploring a strong message or character concept or "what if" scenario. This was a man who becomes a bug, who made no efforts after the first day to find harmony with his family, and they treated him like a cockroach. We listen to him as the family decides where furniture should go in his room, as he realizes he can climb walls, and as he sinks into neglect.

And then he died.

In good news, the narrator for Librivox was quite good at his role, I thought.

I dunno, man. A lot of people have positive associations with this shame-ridden bug-man. I guess maybe I just don't excuse him from trying to take a proactive measure. So, life turned you into a bug. Now what? Stare out windows? Or be your buggy best?

I've had this short classic "on my list" for so long, yet finally got around to reading it. It's one of those that I need time to sit and think about to try to figure out what it meant to me, and then go read other analyses to see what "the experts" say.

What I'm getting out of it now, from my own reading, has to do with being known and appreciated for who we are rather than what's on the outside. It's rather a sobering read for me, to be honest. Do people appreciate and love us for what we do for them, or for who we are? I remember being horrified when reading a book about a woman who had a stroke and was unable to communicate in any way, but had full cognitive ability--trapped in her body. And then I read about Huntington's disease and was similarly horrified. This book rouses similar feelings. It makes me think of older people, no longer able to contribute, perhaps. Are they valued for who they are, or just for what they were able to contribute. People with mental illness. People who look different. What if you used to be slender but are now trapped in a body layered with fat, or you experience an accident resulting in severe scarring--are you now less worthy?

And how does the perception of others affect how we see ourselves? Gregor increasingly lost his humanity as he realized the people he had thought were "his people" didn't see him for who he was, didn't after all appreciate (or even need) him--had never really appreciated him, in fact.

And then we come to the idea that his family was perhaps going to be better off without him. In some way he had enabled them. . .had stunted their growth. Without him, they had to step up and take care of themselves and actually bloomed. This makes me think of parenting.

This little book was so deep, it makes me think I'll come back to it someday and see it completely differently. Rather like Ellison's Invisible Man, I have a haunting feeling that at some point I'll have a lightbulb moment and realize "A-ha! NOW I get it!"

5 horror-struck stars!

Illustrations were great. Story is about a guy that turns into a bug, and ends with parents delighted that their daughter has become "voluptuous." It's really bizarre.

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect "
Surely it is one of the greatest books for Kafka. But what got me interested the most are the psychological reasons that let him write such a novel !! I've read some reviews of several names from writers to psychologists that were trying to understand the relationship between the father and the sun in the world of Kafka according to him ( to his real father) , Knowing that he wasn't pleased with the matter of fact that his son was completely passionated to writing !!
I really feel curious of what is behind the obvious for this novel. Because when I knew that Kafka laughed reading his novel to his friends, I got surprised... I felt like this book exactly has a hidden part !


" Was he an animal, that music could move him so? ... "


All what I got from the book is how really difficult to live detached from your self, feeling like you are not owning the body that you are carrying for your entirely life ! That your spiritual side isn't related with your physical side

I read the original version in college. When i heard about this illustrated edition I was intrigued. I liked the illustrations and they really depicted the story well.

Review of Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka

My Rating-3/5

This story is about a guy named Gregor Samsa , who metamorphosed into a giant bug one morning. And then book tells us about the problems faced by him .He faces alienation, embarrassment and disrespect from not only his workplace but also from his own family whose is lead by a patriarch father. To be honest, It was kind of boring and weird .

The Only thing that I liked was the writing style of Franz Kafka.
His writing style is so unique and simple, and very beginner friendly.

Things I didn't like
•} Some parts were just too stretched which was not required.
•} There were no Character development and world building.

Overall,I feel the story was dull and weird . It was okay but I had expected more from Kafka.It was not totally a worth read for Me.

Its absolutely my personal opinion.