A review by tousledtreasure
Self-Portraits by Osamu Dazai

adventurous emotional sad 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 love Dazai Osamu's confessional way of writing. Though you can tell, that some stories were likely produced in the span of a couple days, you can still see his genius shine. Even though I find his blatand misogyny intolerable, it's especially interesting to observe it as a plot device in merry christmas. I would recommend this book for only those already enamoured with his writing as his poor character really shines through in this book. But nonetheless this is a wonderful collection of short stories, it portrays well his life in Japan during WW2 and gives insights to his character, as well as giving us suburb writing.