Reviews - Pandora's Box | The StoryGraph

18 reviews for:

Pandora's Box

Osamu Dazai

3.46 AVERAGE

ingenium1's review against another edition

2.25

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Boring with just a word.

ruhh's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

terry_v's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted slow-paced

donie's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Despair is impossible in humans. They often are deceived by hope, but are also deceived by the notion of despair.

This has a more hopeful and optimistic tone compared to The Setting Sun and No Longer Human. The unreliability of the narrator aside, it's too bad that I can't help but feel there are some stuffs in this novel that were not translated very well from its original language and makes it hard to comprehend. I still enjoyed it a lot though, and somehow the more I think about this book, the more I come to like it.