A review by rhysecakes
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Interesting, though it did not make me feel empty or sad in a way that many reviews said it would. Includes many quotes I found astonishing. Writing was medium to complex, containing a good lot of quite difficult English words or verbs that I had to google to fully understand. (Considering English is the third language I speak fluently, the book was not a hard read!) 

Definitely recommend, but bear in mind the misogyny, rape, substance abuse, etc. Please check the trigger warnings before reading. 

As an ending note; I personally don't view Oba Yozo as a good person. As for Dazai, the author himself, I don't really know. I'm still learning what I can about him and his works to be able to fully form an opinion. If the mindset of Yozo in this book represents Dazai's own mindset towards  certain topics then I most likely won't view him as a good person either. 

I don't know, it was generally a good read. 
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