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A review by sarah_zillas
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
"Is there really any value to this thing we call living?"
Listened to the audiobook version of this book, and it's such a thought-provoking read.
This book may seem like a strange fever dream, but the topics surrounding it makes you think about to be or not to be an average, normal human being that other times make sense with the events going on. Moreover, how mental disorders have never changed much throughout the year, as if us in this current timeline can be connected with a Japanese author's mental struggles from 1909.
And how mental disorders can change a person's behaviour, how the 'old' you people would be mising and finding how boring you've become but it's all just part of our lives to change into somebody else. It's heartbreaking to see how Yozo tried his best to be himself after everything he went through; it is miserable, pitiful, and you can't help but sympathize him for the awful feelings and life he has and desperately trying to be a good person he is.
In the end, Yozo thinks he's no longer human like the people around him but out of all of them, he is the most human there is. Truly a sad, tense, and otherwise relatable listening/read for me.
Listened to the audiobook version of this book, and it's such a thought-provoking read.
This book may seem like a strange fever dream, but the topics surrounding it makes you think about to be or not to be an average, normal human being that other times make sense with the events going on. Moreover, how mental disorders have never changed much throughout the year, as if us in this current timeline can be connected with a Japanese author's mental struggles from 1909.
And how mental disorders can change a person's behaviour, how the 'old' you people would be mising and finding how boring you've become but it's all just part of our lives to change into somebody else. It's heartbreaking to see how Yozo tried his best to be himself after everything he went through; it is miserable, pitiful, and you can't help but sympathize him for the awful feelings and life he has and desperately trying to be a good person he is.
In the end, Yozo thinks he's no longer human like the people around him but out of all of them, he is the most human there is. Truly a sad, tense, and otherwise relatable listening/read for me.