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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
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
interesting. more readable than palatable. i think i liked it.
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
i think i was lacking so much context for this book that it just fell flat for me
dark
emotional
sad
slow-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
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dazai eloquently writes about a post-war society and how people's everyday lives and struggles are influenced by it. The Setting Sun captures the struggles of grief and what guilt we might have surrounding it, the right to death, the importance of familial love, and what it means to love in general. Kazuko was dealt an unfair hand in life but she accepted that the way people dealt with their struggles around her was not how she wanted to approach the world.
"Last year nothing happened, the year before nothing happened, and the year before that nothing happened."
Hopelessness, abandonment, loss of status, grief. Captivating and beautifully written account of the reality of life.
"Last year nothing happened, the year before nothing happened, and the year before that nothing happened."
Hopelessness, abandonment, loss of status, grief. Captivating and beautifully written account of the reality of life.
emotional
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Moderate: Suicide
medium-paced
this is written with such a deep feeling of shame and humiliation.
found it fascinating the juxtaposition between her and her brother naoji, the familiar relationships in general... he writes dysfunction well... strained yet...
i feel a lot of this was about alienation, much like no longer human, but in a different context. kazuko obvi reacting to it differently too.
its hopeless and pathetic but she keeps living, and finds reasons too, shes really the only one in her family that could adjust in a way.
very inner turmoil-y and honest.
i feel empty. as per the course with dazai.