
Mere Mortals Book Reviews
Kyrin Down & Juan Granados
4.8from 21 ratings
- 412
- Episodes
- 121
- Transcribed
- 21
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 378K
- YouTube views
About Mere Mortals Book Reviews
Hey we are the Mere Mortals and we review books of all genres/styles but with an emphasis on those that have stood the test of time (the 'classics' if you will). Join us on Weekly live episode on Thurs 11am AEST (Thurs 1am UTC+0) plus bonus episodes from my cohost Juan.
- Publisher
- Kyrin Down & Juan Granados
- Category
- education · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Feb 2021
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
121 of 412 episodes have a transcript.

8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka — My First Kafka Read Was Weird

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Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka — My First Kafka Read Was Weird
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Just even as the story is on its own, it was interesting, like it was fun, even to, again, the little tiny details of the story of, you know, getting up on like little tiny legs and one of them getting hurt and explaining how this bug is crawling, that this one particular leg is being useless and so it becomes problematic. The point of view is like fantastic. And the fact that this guy was just, you know, creating some stories off to the side, you know, at the nighttime outside of his work hours was cool. […]
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- YouTube views
- 378,470
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 12 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 9 ratings
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 85
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