A review by rebeccarjallen
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was initially unsure of this - it wasn't what I expected it to be in the first few pages. I got into it much quicker than I expected to and found the pacing the perfect level of slow-but-not-boring. It was refreshing to read a novel with a (somewhat cliched) tortured male artist as the protagonist, in the wake of the volume of modern novels featuring tortured women in the same position.