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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
mommy issues meet the tight grip of who you once were, clinging to a past that is irreplicable. lyrical, unsettling, and gritty. This passage from the third chapter stood out to me:
"A sensation of helplessness, as if it were utterly impossible to go on living. Painful waves beat relentlessly on my heart, as after a thunderstorm the white clouds frantically scud across the sky. A terrible emotion — shall I call it an apprehension — wrings my heart only to release it, makes my pulse falter, and chokes my breath. At times everything grows misty and dark before my eyes, and I feel that the strength of my whole body is oozing away through my finger tips."
"A sensation of helplessness, as if it were utterly impossible to go on living. Painful waves beat relentlessly on my heart, as after a thunderstorm the white clouds frantically scud across the sky. A terrible emotion — shall I call it an apprehension — wrings my heart only to release it, makes my pulse falter, and chokes my breath. At times everything grows misty and dark before my eyes, and I feel that the strength of my whole body is oozing away through my finger tips."
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-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
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
If you're a chismosa, like me, you're going to love this book.
dark
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
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
To wait. In our lives, we know joy, anger, sorrow, and a hundred other emotions, but these emotions all together occupy a bare one per cent of our time. The remaining ninety-nine per cent is just living in waiting.
Very sad. But very beautiful.
How does Dazai write of such tragic subjects such as grief and death and sadness in such a poetic way? His writing captivated me and made me feel so many things I have never before. This book made me feel empty and yet not alone at the same time. A truly strange feeling.
I wanted to read this book to learn more about the life and psychology of Osamu Dazai and I saw glimpses of his troubled, complicated and dark mind while reading this. Fascinating.
"When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumour that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumour had it I was an idler. When I pretended I couldn't write a novel, people said I couldn't write. When I acted like a liar, they called me a liar. When I acted like a rich man, they started the rumour I was rich. When I feigned indifference, they classed me as the indifferent type. But when I inadvertently groaned because I was really in pain, they started the rumour that I was faking suffering. The world is out of joint."
Very sad. But very beautiful.
How does Dazai write of such tragic subjects such as grief and death and sadness in such a poetic way? His writing captivated me and made me feel so many things I have never before. This book made me feel empty and yet not alone at the same time. A truly strange feeling.
I wanted to read this book to learn more about the life and psychology of Osamu Dazai and I saw glimpses of his troubled, complicated and dark mind while reading this. Fascinating.
"When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumour that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumour had it I was an idler. When I pretended I couldn't write a novel, people said I couldn't write. When I acted like a liar, they called me a liar. When I acted like a rich man, they started the rumour I was rich. When I feigned indifference, they classed me as the indifferent type. But when I inadvertently groaned because I was really in pain, they started the rumour that I was faking suffering. The world is out of joint."
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes