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kafka doesn't play, he gets right into it, and makes the metaphor clear immediately. i have to applaud that and just its cleverness. i wish his inability to communicate was developed more (like screaming and nothing comes out, i think thats a missed opportunity). this is the type of novel you can't have spoiled for you because, since i knew the concept beforehand, there wasn't much more to gather other than the symbolism and a bit of plot
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Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
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Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
dearwillqw finished reading and wrote a review...
it ends like THAT????????? i love how each new event in the narrator's life says something new about the behaviours of women and men in a patriarchal society. about how we view each other, do what's easier sometimes, about which men we can trust, if any. i almost feel like i just read an essay, rather than a novel. it made its point so clearly.
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me lo asignó mi maestra., ella dijo: « aborda temas como los roles de género y las expectativas sociales ». imagínate mi sorpresa cuando resulta ser la historia de terror más aterradora que he leído jamás. i was assigned it by my teacher, she said, "it delves into themes of gender roles and societal expectations". imagine my surprise when it's the scariest horror i've ever read.
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The Color Purple
Alice Walker
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Water for Elephants
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oh my god.
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The Hours
Michael Cunningham
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does she ever explain everything about the worldbuilding/how she got to this point/sociopolitical stuff in detail, or is the reader just supposed to make educated guesses as it gets clearer and clearer?
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does she ever explain everything about the worldbuilding/how she got to this point/sociopolitical stuff in detail, or is the reader just supposed to make educated guesses as it gets clearer and clearer?
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i have like 3 guesses as to what's going on and i don't like any of them
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
Margaret Atwood
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slowly fell in love with this book and wrestled with it and yeah.. it is just so good. the visuals and voices that dickens consistently provides to his stories are SO immersive and unique to him i love <3