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emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Why did this book hurt me?
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
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hoe er over vrouwen gesproken werd vond ik wel moeilijk om langs te lezen dus ik weet het niet........................
the weight of recognition
in life, we come across only a handful of books that relate to us on a deeply emotional and heartfelt level. this is one of the books that i gut-wrenchingly resonated with—unfortunately, that’s not something i’m happy about. i found this book at one of the lower points in my life and devoured it in one random night (funnily enough, it was around my university graduation—can’t believe it’s been almost three years—where i graduated with highest distinction and even delivered the valedictorian speech. yet, i still felt no joy in anything, and all my accomplishments felt simply uneventful, a theme that manifests in the book one way or another). it helped me navigate the complexities of a mind that no longer feels part of the larger group, a mind that feels deeply alone because nobody seems to understand it. but i truly wish i had found it seven years earlier, at the pit of my lows, when i also had nobody to share my experiences with.
dazai became one of my favorite authors of all time the moment i finished no longer human. i developed a strange fondness for him. although i didn’t read it in japanese, it still felt so comfortingly sad, so authentically written, so unpretentious. the book doesn’t claim anything artificial—it’s a semi-autobiographical work, and dazai walks you through his thoughts. you see him inside out, and you either understand him, or you feel like it’s an utterly different experience you cannot grasp, or finally, you absolutely hate his guts.
although depression manifests differently in different people, dazai is able to tell us his experience in such an unfiltered and raw way that you end up seeing yourself in his art one way or another. or, as many people seem to be doing, you do all you can to detach and differentiate yourself from it.
in life, we come across only a handful of books that relate to us on a deeply emotional and heartfelt level. this is one of the books that i gut-wrenchingly resonated with—unfortunately, that’s not something i’m happy about. i found this book at one of the lower points in my life and devoured it in one random night (funnily enough, it was around my university graduation—can’t believe it’s been almost three years—where i graduated with highest distinction and even delivered the valedictorian speech. yet, i still felt no joy in anything, and all my accomplishments felt simply uneventful, a theme that manifests in the book one way or another). it helped me navigate the complexities of a mind that no longer feels part of the larger group, a mind that feels deeply alone because nobody seems to understand it. but i truly wish i had found it seven years earlier, at the pit of my lows, when i also had nobody to share my experiences with.
dazai became one of my favorite authors of all time the moment i finished no longer human. i developed a strange fondness for him. although i didn’t read it in japanese, it still felt so comfortingly sad, so authentically written, so unpretentious. the book doesn’t claim anything artificial—it’s a semi-autobiographical work, and dazai walks you through his thoughts. you see him inside out, and you either understand him, or you feel like it’s an utterly different experience you cannot grasp, or finally, you absolutely hate his guts.
although depression manifests differently in different people, dazai is able to tell us his experience in such an unfiltered and raw way that you end up seeing yourself in his art one way or another. or, as many people seem to be doing, you do all you can to detach and differentiate yourself from it.
main character’s an incel and my ex thought i’d really like this book (wrong)
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Es un libro facil de leer, hay un buen desarrollo del personaje.
Hay una buena evolución del personaje, con buena narrativa y visualizacion de la identidad de los mismos.
Hay una buena evolución del personaje, con buena narrativa y visualizacion de la identidad de los mismos.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
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
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