A review by scum
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

dark slow-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

It was written well, but a majority of it is just misogynistic. Since a lot of folks consider this a semi-autobiography, you have to wonder a lot about the author outside of whats already known, and none of the wondering leads to good roads...
A good chunk of this sets him up to be an unreliable narrator, given the types of thoughts he has about himself compared to what the people in his life say about him. He paints himself to be horrible, he does a lot of awful things, and yet the other characters are found saying he's not. While that may be the point of the story, it was still hard to push through with the rape and awful thoughts towards women. To be blunt, it reeks of '2edgy4me' vibes.
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