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A review by donie
The Flowers of Buffoonery by Osamu Dazai
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.75
If only you could understand the sadness of the ones who grow the delicate flowers of buffoonery, protecting them but the slightest gust of wind and always on the verge of despair!
To be honest, this was more of a 3.85 stars. There was no coherent plot line or character development, but the post-dramaticness of it is what makes it intriguing. Dazai constantly cuts off the story narration to put his own commentary or to go on a tangent of his own. There's also an impression as if the characters actions or personalities sometimes go outside of Dazai's control as an author, and that Dazai feels the "need" to put them back in shape. Oba in this novella isn't as depressing as in No Longer Human, but there was still a melancholic atmosphere throughout the book.
All in all, I enjoyed it's novel for it's uniqueness, and I have to say that it's somber pointlessnes has an appeal of it's own.
To be honest, this was more of a 3.85 stars. There was no coherent plot line or character development, but the post-dramaticness of it is what makes it intriguing. Dazai constantly cuts off the story narration to put his own commentary or to go on a tangent of his own. There's also an impression as if the characters actions or personalities sometimes go outside of Dazai's control as an author, and that Dazai feels the "need" to put them back in shape. Oba in this novella isn't as depressing as in No Longer Human, but there was still a melancholic atmosphere throughout the book.
All in all, I enjoyed it's novel for it's uniqueness, and I have to say that it's somber pointlessnes has an appeal of it's own.