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인간실격

다자이 오사무

3.81 AVERAGE

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
fast-paced

An interesting snapshot of Tokyo around 1930. A truly disheartening snapshot of a life disturbingly wasted for no reason other than a negative personal identity and world view. This, along with the handful of other books I have read by Japanese authors, portrays a society in which most members are truly isolated as a cultural norm.

上手く人間生活ができない人のお話し。

程よく適当に生きられないあまりに、罪には罪を重ねて更に自分の首を絞めているように感じる。

今の時代の観点で見ると、おそらく何かしらの形で心を病んでいるので、他に何か対処法があれば助かったのではないかと思ってしまう。それと同時にこんなふうに生きにくい思いをしたまま放ったらかしにされるのは社会の闇なような気がするが、今も本質的には変わっていないのだろうと思わされる作品。
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
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
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DID NOT FINISH

dry translation 

"Is immaculate trustfulness a sin?"
4 stars ⭐