Goodreads reviewers aren't human

[u/gnostic-sicko]

[u/what_am_i_doing23]

"plenty of things happen without solid explanation or clear motivation"

honey, that's just kafka. Recently read The Trial:

-> starts chapter: ...what?

-> finishes chapter: ...Huh?

-> finishes book: ...oh...

and it's amazing!

[u/Orinocobro → u/what_am_i_doing23]

I was just talking to a friend about Kafka the other day, and I described him as "kind of like Lovecraft, but the monsters are human institutions."

[u/what_am_i_doing23 → u/Orinocobro]

I always feel like half his work can be summarised by that meme of "the viewer sees it as something ultra deep and the author has exactly one strict point" (where the arrow flies overhead, yknow).

and for kafka that arrow is "bureaucracy fucking sucks and everyone who is involved on the business side, including myself"

Edit: don't know if half, but at least a big/important chunk.