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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Relectura 2023
«Yo no soy una persona realista. Me di cuenta de que quizá por eso he podido seguir viviendo hasta ahora.»
«Si es cierto que las personas venimos a este mundo con el deber de sobrevivir, no deberíamos juzgar lo que hagan los demás para alcanzar ese fin.»
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«En el mundo actual no hay nada más hermoso que una víctima.»
«A lo largo de nuestra vida experimentamos alegría, ira, tristeza, odio y muchos más sentimientos, pero todas estas emociones apenas suponen el uno por ciento de nuestra existencia. El noventa y nueve por ciento restante lo vivimos esperando.»
«Yo no soy una persona realista. Me di cuenta de que quizá por eso he podido seguir viviendo hasta ahora.»
«Si es cierto que las personas venimos a este mundo con el deber de sobrevivir, no deberíamos juzgar lo que hagan los demás para alcanzar ese fin.»
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«En el mundo actual no hay nada más hermoso que una víctima.»
«A lo largo de nuestra vida experimentamos alegría, ira, tristeza, odio y muchos más sentimientos, pero todas estas emociones apenas suponen el uno por ciento de nuestra existencia. El noventa y nueve por ciento restante lo vivimos esperando.»
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautifully written, incredibly depressing
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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This was a hard book for me to review, and took me a long time to figure out how to write. This book made strange feelings develop within me, the melancholy feeling of nostalgia, for a life I had never lived. The feeling of not belonging, and recollection as though reading my own memories back. The feeling of familiarity, as though this was my own diary I was reading back.
The Setting Sun is by far one of Dazai Osamu's best works. Since I started reading his publications, I was most excited to read The Setting Sun, right behind [b:No Longer Human|194746|No Longer Human|Osamu Dazai|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1422638843s/194746.jpg|188338] which I have yet to dig my teeth into. It's not hard to see why this is celebrated as one of Dazai's best works. It took me much too long to read this, truly, taking me five months to get through the whole of this novella. But in itself, I felt so low when reading it, I couldn't bring myself to read it. I felt like weeping whenever I opened it, and it took me time to grow accustomed to Dazai's way of writing, to be able to come to it and sit and read through it.
The writing itself is pure art, and seems as melancholy as our main character feels. It fills the reader with a strange sense of longing, familiarity, the sense of familial values, and a life not lived to full potential. A sense of betrayal, love, loss and many other things of which I could list all day long.
Most noted throughout the novel, was the presence of snakes within the story. Snakes are an animal with a large amount of symbolism in Japanese culture - it represents both good and evil, and death and fertility. There is so much different occasions of a snake being present during this book, during death, during loss, but also during dreams. The symbolism itself, should really be appreciated in order to appreciate this story as much as one would like to.
This book is a masterpiece. With this in his works, it's truly not hard to see why Dazai is considered one of the best post-war authors within Japanese Literature. He tells a tale, and takes the reader along with it all, through every feeling, transports us around Japan with every single word. He creates a world within which the reader can resonate with, despite us never knowing it. We know his words, despite never having heard of the book before picking it up.
The Setting Sun is a work of art, and I won't be forgetting this book any time soon. It's truly a masterpiece, and I feel that it needs to be appreciated more within this era of books. It's something that grasps and shows the symbolism of life and death, shows us that not every story has a happy ending; it shows us the truths of life.
This was a hard book for me to review, and took me a long time to figure out how to write. This book made strange feelings develop within me, the melancholy feeling of nostalgia, for a life I had never lived. The feeling of not belonging, and recollection as though reading my own memories back. The feeling of familiarity, as though this was my own diary I was reading back.
The Setting Sun is by far one of Dazai Osamu's best works. Since I started reading his publications, I was most excited to read The Setting Sun, right behind [b:No Longer Human|194746|No Longer Human|Osamu Dazai|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1422638843s/194746.jpg|188338] which I have yet to dig my teeth into. It's not hard to see why this is celebrated as one of Dazai's best works. It took me much too long to read this, truly, taking me five months to get through the whole of this novella. But in itself, I felt so low when reading it, I couldn't bring myself to read it. I felt like weeping whenever I opened it, and it took me time to grow accustomed to Dazai's way of writing, to be able to come to it and sit and read through it.
The writing itself is pure art, and seems as melancholy as our main character feels. It fills the reader with a strange sense of longing, familiarity, the sense of familial values, and a life not lived to full potential. A sense of betrayal, love, loss and many other things of which I could list all day long.
Most noted throughout the novel, was the presence of snakes within the story. Snakes are an animal with a large amount of symbolism in Japanese culture - it represents both good and evil, and death and fertility. There is so much different occasions of a snake being present during this book, during death, during loss, but also during dreams. The symbolism itself, should really be appreciated in order to appreciate this story as much as one would like to.
This book is a masterpiece. With this in his works, it's truly not hard to see why Dazai is considered one of the best post-war authors within Japanese Literature. He tells a tale, and takes the reader along with it all, through every feeling, transports us around Japan with every single word. He creates a world within which the reader can resonate with, despite us never knowing it. We know his words, despite never having heard of the book before picking it up.
The Setting Sun is a work of art, and I won't be forgetting this book any time soon. It's truly a masterpiece, and I feel that it needs to be appreciated more within this era of books. It's something that grasps and shows the symbolism of life and death, shows us that not every story has a happy ending; it shows us the truths of life.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
I don’t know, it just didn’t leave much of an impression on me. The pacing felt really slow, and there wasn’t any strong conflict that led to a big epiphany and the resolution also wasn’t satisfying. The character development was pretty minimal, and the story didn’t have a clear thread or focus—it just wasn’t explored deeply enough.
Kazuko’s grief over her mom felt kind of flat. She was so upset about her mom being sick and scared of losing her, but then her mom dies, and she pretty much immediately heads off to the city to find Uehara. That whole storyline with Uehara also felt underdeveloped. She goes to him, gets pregnant, realizes he’s a jerk, and just drops him without much reflection—even while still carrying his child. Compared to how obsessed she was before, it was a bit weird that she moved on just like that and had no lingering feelings about him at all. So did Uehara to Kazuko or his own family, he didn’t have any remorse at all.
I was hopeful when Kazuko said she wanted to be a revolutionist, but in the end, it turns out her biggest dream was to be a mom. Which is totally fine, btw. But, still, I was hoping for a character development and new exciting storyline.
Naoji’s storyline was also disappointing. He completely wrecked his mom and sister’s lives, then dies and somehow gets instant redemption? Also, they mentioned being aristocrats made regular people hate them, but aside from one scene after the fire and a chat with Uehara, that storyline didn’t really go anywhere.
Overall, it just felt unsatisfying. Maybe it’s supposed to reflect how mundane life can be, but for a novel, I feel like it needed to be more engaging. Just my two cents, though!
Kazuko’s grief over her mom felt kind of flat. She was so upset about her mom being sick and scared of losing her, but then her mom dies, and she pretty much immediately heads off to the city to find Uehara. That whole storyline with Uehara also felt underdeveloped. She goes to him, gets pregnant, realizes he’s a jerk, and just drops him without much reflection—even while still carrying his child. Compared to how obsessed she was before, it was a bit weird that she moved on just like that and had no lingering feelings about him at all. So did Uehara to Kazuko or his own family, he didn’t have any remorse at all.
I was hopeful when Kazuko said she wanted to be a revolutionist, but in the end, it turns out her biggest dream was to be a mom. Which is totally fine, btw. But, still, I was hoping for a character development and new exciting storyline.
Naoji’s storyline was also disappointing. He completely wrecked his mom and sister’s lives, then dies and somehow gets instant redemption? Also, they mentioned being aristocrats made regular people hate them, but aside from one scene after the fire and a chat with Uehara, that storyline didn’t really go anywhere.
Overall, it just felt unsatisfying. Maybe it’s supposed to reflect how mundane life can be, but for a novel, I feel like it needed to be more engaging. Just my two cents, though!