re: What am I missing on Franz Kafka?

I very recently read Metamorphosis as well. I thought it was good, sort of borderline existentialism without all of the personal responsibility part. Just mainly life's absurd. I think his attitude toward his change fell inline with true existentialist, and that wrinkle was probably the best part. I thought his writing style was excellent.

I'm reading another Vonnegut book, Slapstick, and I tend to like it more than Metamorphosis. Just more compelling to me.