Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

235 reviews

lio_ramon_dolor's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Child abuse, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Rape

menagerie_of's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Rape

farzaan's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Alcoholism, Suicide, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, War, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, and Toxic friendship

nineinchnails's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

the writing is hard for me to gauge considering it’s a translation (of an older novel), and it felt quite choppy at parts. the prose is beautiful, though, despite the subject matter and i tremendously enjoyed reading this.

yozo is really gross but i felt for him, more so initially than later on in the novel. dazai captured the feeling of loneliness that comes with feeling alienated from society really well and it was depressingly relatable. knowing this is so well loved gave me a sense of comfort, like i’m not alone in feeling that way. i would find the misogyny a little less difficult to deal with if this book didn’t come off so much like an autobiography - it feels like he genuinely believed the things he was saying and it left a bad taste in my mouth overall. i wouldn’t recommend reading if you’re in a bad place mentally because there’s a heavy focus on his depression and pessimism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

Depression, Overdose, Prostitution/sex work and Morphine abuse

333amreen's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The first half was REALLY interesting! But it lost the spark as it went on, other than a few shocking incidents here & there. Overall, decent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Infidelity, and Medical trauma

lenadesouza's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

3.0

a well written red pill statement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Sexism, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mental illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

grimicarian's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment

marayzex's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic friendship, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death and Death of parent

isayruusaybi's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

bhauhbrey's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lowkey reminded me of bojack horseman in the sense that both mcs are sad alcoholic manwhores who yap WAY too much (which i didnt mind tbh)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Alcohol, Addiction, and Drug abuse