The Metamorphosis

Or how a selfish and horrible family kills their son. Or how a spineless cockroach doesn't even master the will to get out of his room to save his life. A story that doesn't go anywhere, literally, and whose message is muddled if it is even there. Existential in the worst possible meaning of the term, although technically well written. It's a pity, because it starts with wit and irony, but it soon devolves into boring nothingness.