Reviews with content warning for Addiction - İnsanlığımı Yitirirken

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İnsanlığımı Yitirirken by Osamu Dazai

527 reviews

fluoirine's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

classic. wouldve loved it more if it was fiction

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prosaic's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective sad 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

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aishaslittlelife's review against another edition

5.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

oh wow this book. this book is a treasure, it gave me so many words to describe so much of myself. for anyone struggling with life and the world we live in this book is like a precious companion.

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pawz's review against another edition

5.0

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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quipo's review against another edition

5.0

dark relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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diaday333's review against another edition

0.75

dark tense 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

Poor Yoshiko is all I have to say. I don’t really find this book dark, but I can see why 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 write 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. He even got disowned and tried for a crime. That truly made me sad

Edit: had to bring down my rating because thinking about this book and this guy all these months later pisses me off beyond belief. What was the hype with this book bro

Edit 2: had to go and bring down my ratings again because if I could go back and time and change anything, it would be reading this book. I hate this book with a passion now

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