Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

So I finally finished a book. And a pretty decent one it was too, albeit weird.

I picked up Metamorphosis from a library sometime last year along with The trial also by Kafka, but never opened it. However, now that it is one of the many books on my e-reader, I have easy and fast access to it.

So what is the book about? Well, the protagonist, Gregor, wakes up one morning to find that he's transformed into a bug. The story then tells of the next four months of how his family slowly start neglecting him and no longer want anything to do with him due to being this horrible greasy bug (which is never actually told of but the description makes it pretty obvious).

Being a very short book of only 50 pages, not a lot can be written about this book without spoiling it too much so I'll leave it there for the time being.

My opinionated thoughts on the book, however, are very positive. It may have been short and weird but I found it to be a good read.

I could have read it in a day but due to the beautiful London weather we've been having, reading has been one of the last of my worries, I've had more interest in making paper plate masks and playing football at 12 midnight, but that's an entirely different subject/story.

If you're looking for a quick read, Metamorphosis is a book I'd recommend picking up (Animal Farm is probably another but I haven't read that yet...). You could even pick it up if you're looking for a good read also. I have another Kafka book in my reader so that should be popping up in the future.

Although it was a good read I couldn't say it's one of my best reads.

Overall rating: 3/5