I bought the audiobook because I wanted to hear Benedict Cumberbatch reading it. I wasn’t expecting the end. I’m not sure if I can say I was disappointed by it; it just wasn’t what I was expecting. It was different. I saw that there are so many interpretations of the message Kafka wanted to convey. I just found the book funny, descriptive, and well narrated. I think I will read more of Kafka’s short stories.
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Weirdest book I have read. It is so full of sex and so full of death. Sex not in a vulgar way, just sex as it is. And the same goes for death. There is a lot of gloom, but death is inevitable, and you just accept it. I wish so many people didn’t have to die, though, and the manner in which they did was the weirdest.
There are several short stories inside this story, and it is all very complex. But I had to finish it, and now I am both happy and confused. Happy that there was an ending—and one that I was okay with. It didn’t disappoint me. I am confused because, despite all the drama and strangeness in this book, it conveyed strong messages, and I wish it didn’t end.
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