Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

236 reviews

joyfulreading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This novel is a great depiction of what it’s like living with depression and how it can cause a person to become self destructive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicide

Minor: Rape

fluoirine's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

classic. wouldve loved it more if it was fiction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Medical content, Drug abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Self harm, Addiction, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Drug use

diaday333's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Poor Yoshiko is all I have to say. I don’t really find this book dark, but I can see what it would be said. Some parts were good at appealing to my emotions, but overall, the book is quite forgettable to me. The misogyny is wild tho, if it wasn’t for that, I might give this book a higher rating. Also it’s hard to feel bad for Yozo, mostly, I think it’s his characterization. When you see how he acts and what he thinks when he’s not talking about how miserable he is, it’s a yikes. It’s possible to right unlovable characters well and while I think he’s written well, he’s not interesting, at least in the way he should be. He doesn’t have to redeeming qualities to be interesting, but his whole character is unsavory in a way that isn’t interesting to read. The only people I feel bad for are particularly the women he meets. But I will say some parts are written very well where I can feel his despair, it’s just not enough. I guess the most emotional part for me is when he

tried to drown himself and no one cared and he even got disowned and tried for a crime. That was actually sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Suicide

beansrowning's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Honestly almost didn't finish this one despite the length. I get the positive reviews, but the narrator is just so insufferable in his angst that it feels like it might be a YA novel. I appreciated the ending and the structure, but damn. If the claims that this is semi-autobiographical are to be believed, I really pity the life of Dazai.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

silly_pick's review against another edition

dark 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: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape

rdorrington's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Drug abuse

biscuitisnice'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Suicide, Misogyny, Addiction, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

_ashestoashes_'s review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Addiction, and Alcohol

alessiamarini's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt

sweetb_xox's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Reading this is painful especially finding out a lot of the things that happen in the book actually occurred in the author’s life. Like, yes, I know it’s a semi autobiography but the fiction tends to be 80% not 20%. 

Anyway, what i find fascinating even in not being able to understand humans, when it comes to woman there’s definitely some sort of understanding that woman are the lesser being. 🙄

I think the writing is quite poignant, it’s what drew me in, the author is really able to show the character as is without justifying the actions of the character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement and Death