Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

91 reviews

sknappy1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicide, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Confinement, Infidelity, Classism, Sexual assault, Rape, and Drug abuse

Minor: Blood, Vomit, and Cancer

another_dahlia's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, Addiction, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent

onyxisalive's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• 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

This book all round was okay. 
I found the character we were following to be interesting. This book mainly centres around his feelings of alienation from society and how much that impacts how he sees people. Due to his lack of understanding of them, leading to some horrible takes on humans (especially women). 

He seems to have a tendency to catastrophise things in his life which leads to him making some not great decisions- which in the end bring catastrophe to himself and the people in his life. 

All around he is a very interesting character, however it wasn’t enough to drive the book along for me. I found it difficult to finish as the lack of plot made it hard for me to want to know what was happening next as by halfway in the book I felt like I had gained enough of an understanding of the character that it was no longer enough to drive me on. 

All around relatively interesting, but at points due to no plot I lost interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

Moderate: Eating disorder and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

starcrossed_fiction's review

challenging dark tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

uv_sensibility's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and Sexism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Death of parent

zakiyahzakir's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is utterly disturbing. I would not recommend it to anyone with a weak heart.
Plus The casual misogyny is very off-putting.

At the beginning half of the book, Yozo is a very relatable protagonist who has dealt with the fear of acceptance and masking around others. But the more you get into the story, the deeper his despair reaches out to him. I like how it gave a clear-cut understanding of mental issues rather than romanticizing them. Do not read them if you’re not in the right headspace. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Addiction, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent

straaay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Suicide, Blood, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

profjiggly's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

Thank you Osamu Dazai for the newest weirdest addition to my “he’s just like me fr” list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Misogyny, Child abuse, Rape, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

szel_zsofi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I just think I'd need to reread it to actually understand it, because even at the end I mixed up characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Grief, and Rape

thebeautifulmind42's review against another edition

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

1.5

Well written but mysoginistic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Rape, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Sexism, Infidelity, Vomit, Addiction, Violence, Mental illness, and Adult/minor relationship