Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Indigno de ser humano by Osamu Dazai

333 reviews

bisexualcrises's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

stsgplaylist's review against another edition

dark reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

damn yozo!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

ajabatz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

masq's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

_nolongerhuman_'s review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

It was fantastic described everything in intense detail his emotions his abuse his love life and so much more but I took off 0.5 stars purely because I wanted more of the book it was honestly addicting and I’m going to read the book AGAIN.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Bullying and Grief

aspiring_reader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

_sin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

A book inspired by the diary entries of a japanes teen which ruins his life cuz of drugs, alcohol etc.
Explained in the most beautiful way possible by osamu dazai, the struggles of a boy who wears the mask of sarcasm to hide his inner dread of humans.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

n3verm0r3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual assault

historyoftape's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

3.75

This was hard to read, it was like watching someone sink into quicksand in slow motion. Fascinating, horrifying, depressing, cynical, at points slightly hopeful- haven't read anything like this in a long time.

Getting a look into the psyche of someone who cannot understand humanity, therefore struggles to define himself, defines himself as a monster and the watches himself become one, and in the end is just so incredibly human even while he believes himself not to be. That is what I would summarize this book to be, even though there is so much more. 

Read the trigger warnings though. Would not recommend this to anyone currently struggling with depression or suicidal ideation. I'd say I'm mentally doing well right now, don't know what this would have been like if I'd read it at other points in life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia

It does not get better as you read. No happy ending.

nadja_reads_stuff's review against another edition

reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape