Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

573 reviews

moongelli's review

dark informative reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

344 days to finish 177 pages—but to be fair, i restarted like 3 times because the prose was well above my capabilities initially. i also forgot a lot of the novel's details because it's been a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

dissociation is very heavy handed here too, especially since the MC feels alienated.

pawz's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a book with an excellent description of mental health issues, dark themes but not as dark as others say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

quipo's review

dark relaxing 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

5.0

Written incredibly, love the translation. Dark and depressing, found it relaxing to read. Would recommend it to someone without serious mental problems. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

beansrowning's review

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

_taylor23_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

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

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

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

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

winxclbs's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

the book successfully achieved its purpose in portraying a troubled character. he IS a very strong anti-hero because at many points i found myself disgusted by him while also relating to him.. there was no point to it though! it was so shallow because nothing profoundly meaningful or valuable came out of the “i dont feel like human so i will dehumanise others” schtick. 

i also thought it was too indulgent in his misogyny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness