Genre/s:	Thriller/Fiction
Worthwhile?	Yes
Overall Rating:	(MISSING LOL)
Bought used
Goodreads

realistically i need to reread this, but here is the one thing i Do remember:

- i read this after watching its movie adaptation thats on netflix. personally i like the books ending more than the movies, but also the movies ending is literally desgined you make you google what its meaning is LOL

(read ~feb 2022, posted oct 2023)

Genre/s:	Fiction
Worthwhile?	Yes
overall rating:	6.5/10
Library borrow, possible buy
Goodreads

huge caveat: i dont really care about "classic" literature. i enjoyed the themes behind this book more than i did actually reading it. it is fairly horrific still though, and reading it through a lense of (this is what i kept thinking about while reading) disability/mental illness making you a burden on your family and how that could transform them was very um. heavy. to put it simply. i dont want to go too deeply into themes and dissections, i think what i have to say is pretty basic; but theres many sorts of metamorphosis in this book. some are blatant, or bad, or taking backseat to more pressing matters (and ultimately good), but they are changes nonetheless. a lot of the horror in this comes from something being forced upon you and being punished for it anyways

(posted dec 17, 2023)