A review by anemosise
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

challenging dark reflective slow-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

4.0

where do I even begin 😭 while the experience reading this book was honestly not the most enjoyable (mostly because the plot is a bit slow, depressing, and explanatory, which i recognize was kind of the point), i genuinely connected incredibly deeply with the way yozo described his feelings towards events and his everyday life. the feeling of him being constantly mildly dissociated from everyone and everything in his life, along with his crippling belief that he will never belong with humans as a whole was really well explored. i also really enjoyed the ending, as I was really expecting it to go in a more upsetting direction, and the feeling that 'life goes on and that's just how life is' really closed the novel well imo. the ending makes the fact that this novel is essentially just autobiographical writings from the author a lot sadder but yea
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