Comments on Layers of Thought: Review by Shellie and John: The Metamorphosis By F...

Excellent! lol...

2010-03-05T10:45:11.365-07:00

Excellent! lol...

You're probably right about that. LOL --Anna Dia...

2010-03-05T10:29:32.086-07:00

You're probably right about that. LOL

--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric

Anna - I'm thinking don't you have enough to read...

2010-03-05T10:25:25.257-07:00

Anna -
I'm thinking don't you have enough to read? lol... just a back handed suggestion...

Thanks for commenting. :)

I read this novella a couple of times in college, ...

2010-03-05T10:07:04.499-07:00

I read this novella a couple of times in college, but I don't remember anything other than that I read it! Maybe I'll re-read it at some point.

--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric

Charlie - I tried reading it and could not. This i...

2010-02-27T13:18:23.325-07:00

Charlie -
I tried reading it and could not. This is the only way I am going to get through many of the classics. :)

I think that re-listening to it now after knowing some of the layered meanings it would feel different. But with my huge list, I truly do not think this will be happening any time soon.

Now my friend Rose sent me an email copied from a conversation she had with a high school English teacher. He said some amazing things about its meaning and stated that his students loved it... but we are talking middle to upper class kids at a private school.. so... go figure.

I think The Metamorphosis is too complex for high ...

2010-02-27T12:20:56.342-07:00

I think The Metamorphosis is too complex for high school, and I agree with John: it should be read, not heard.

Logan - You know if I was forced to read this in h...

2010-02-26T10:22:16.997-07:00

Logan -
You know if I was forced to read this in high school I would have hated it too.

It is very bizarre...I was reading the blurb on the back of a Joyce Carol Oates books last night and it said something about how she find the horror's in life's mundane events as a source for her stories and creating fear in readers...

I was thinking that this ran along the same lines...or perhaps as you expressed annoyance and disgust?

Wow - Logan your posts did not come up in my email box... but they are there in comment moderation inside the blog... Please let me know if you continue to have problems posting, since I am having spammers galore - and unfortunately hackers are often next. :)

I will post them now. Sorry about that.

Ah, I noticed that my comment for this post (which...

2010-02-26T10:09:53.341-07:00

Ah, I noticed that my comment for this post (which I did yesterday) didn't show up. I think my work computer is having difficulties... argh.

In short, I hated this book. I read it in high school and thought it was stupid. The idea was great, but the plot fizzled out early and grew boring. I didn't care for Gregor and I didn't care for his family/friends. I still don't.

On the side, you're classification of horror is an interesting choice. I like Aarti's genre, bizarre. It's definitely that.

Diane - A face to the blog :). Excellent! John ha...

2010-02-25T17:48:31.855-07:00

Diane -
A face to the blog :). Excellent!

John hates spiders...so he gets your point. Me... no so much.

I love horror...not to much scares me. I was a substitute teacher for years. ;)

The cover creeps me out! I never read this book-ev...

2010-02-25T17:14:06.153-07:00

The cover creeps me out! I never read this book-even in school.

Aarti - Funny thing is that John said the same thi...

2010-02-25T12:37:50.681-07:00

Aarti -
Funny thing is that John said the same thing about the biblical references too.

Amanda loves this book perhaps we will get her insight here?

Yes bizarre is definitely a great definition. I have seen it classified as fantasy too. I even thought it may be sci fi. But now that I've read it I know it is not.

As for the enjoyment factor - I almost always stop reading stuff I don't enjoy - Have you seen my list on goodread?...good gods....I think there 1700+ in my tbr pile.

Thanks for commenting :)

I read this in high school and never thought of it...

2010-02-25T12:31:24.466-07:00

I read this in high school and never thought of it as a "horror" novel. It's interesting to me that you classify it as such. Hmm- I don't know how I'd classify it, really. Bizarre? :-)

I remember enjoying the story, but I definitely didn't get all the levels that Amanda did in her reads! Clearly, I need to go back and try again. Though I'd never get the Biblical references, anyway. Glad you enjoyed it, even if it wasn't quite what was expected.

I remember reading Kafka's The Metamorphosis back ...

2010-02-25T12:22:38.178-07:00

I remember reading Kafka's The Metamorphosis back during my senior year of high school. I remember hating every page. It seemed like such an excellent idea, but the story, as you put it, fell "limp." I didn't care about Gregor's change at all. I don't remember much, but I don't think I'll be re-reading it anytime soon, either.

Strange, though. The book is highly praised and considered a classic. Meh.