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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“I asked myself if I were doomed to die, numbed by the night dews, alone in the wasteland as the sun dropped completely from sight.”
It’s a shame because I really liked this book at the beginning; the aspect of mother/daughter issues driving the plot really interested me. But slowly the more annoying of Dazai’s beliefs started to show through the cracks like his odd sympathy for aristocrats or how “all men are the same.”
Kazuko’s so-called “romance” with Mr. Uehara is perhaps what soured this experience for me the most. There would be some merit to their morally wrong conjecture if it was built up well at all, but no, it seems that it’s out of Dazai’s wheelhouse. One nonconsensual kiss from 6 years ago has Kazuko sold on this wretched man. And her deciding that the purpose of life in the end is women having babies? What a spectacular fumble of a book which could have been so incredible and poignant.
It’s a shame because I really liked this book at the beginning; the aspect of mother/daughter issues driving the plot really interested me. But slowly the more annoying of Dazai’s beliefs started to show through the cracks like his odd sympathy for aristocrats or how “all men are the same.”
Kazuko’s so-called “romance” with Mr. Uehara is perhaps what soured this experience for me the most. There would be some merit to their morally wrong conjecture if it was built up well at all, but no, it seems that it’s out of Dazai’s wheelhouse. One nonconsensual kiss from 6 years ago has Kazuko sold on this wretched man. And her deciding that the purpose of life in the end is women having babies? What a spectacular fumble of a book which could have been so incredible and poignant.
3.75 - byłyby cztery gwiazdki, ale ostatni list Naojiego zostawił mnie mocno skonfundowaną. Może to przez to, ze czytałam te książkę w dość dużych odstępach i czegoś nie wyłapałam. Z drugiej strony tak strasznie drażni mnie postawa „biednego arystokraty” i jak on sobie nie może poradzić wśród zwykłego ludu i jak się z niego śmieją. Rozumiem kontekst, ale chyba nie trafia on do mojego nieczułego serca
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
reflective
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
As always Osamu Dazai is incredible!
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
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:
Yes
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated