Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Indigno de ser humano by Osamu Dazai

337 reviews

_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

talesofold's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Misogyny and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

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.

tixdixl's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Grief, and Alcohol

hannah_go03's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

persian_green's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Toxic relationship and War

thewritetofight's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

dianxia_'s review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.5

No Longer Human is a book about a boy, and later a man, named Yozo. Due to his differences with others Yozo struggles throughout the book with the feeling of not being human. The beginning of the book talks about his life as a child, learning that he is different from others, and figuring out how to please them. The latter part of the book is about his life as an adult, and his struggles with relationships and multiple suicide attempts.

I enjoyed the novel. Yozo clicked with me as a character, as I feel he is very Autism coded. Throughout the book, he talks about various different experiences, such as; Not feeling hunger, struggling to empathize, fidgeting, fear of people, lack of happiness, and putting on an act to please others due to fear of rejection. All of which are fairly common experiences for those with Autism. Yozo also went through trauma in his childhood which would strengthen some of these experiences.

Throughout the book, it is very clear that Yozo is lacking in the caring for others department. This is conveyed not just in what is written but also in how everything is written. Most of the time when other people are talked about in the book they’re spoken about in a very emotionless way, if not in a judgmental way. The only time in the book that emotion is really shown is when he feels fear towards others or disgust towards himself. This supports his claims that he cannot feel happiness, which could potentially be a result of Alexithymia. 

His misogyny was a bit annoying to have to read about all the time. But considering the time it was written in and his childhood trauma it is not surprising. Even if I disagree with his viewpoints I find it interesting to hear from a different point of view. I normally read fantasy so it’s kind of a new experience for me. 

Overall, I did enjoy reading this book. It was not what I expected, from what I’ve heard about it I expected it to be about 1000x more depressing. However, I’m fine with the fact that it didn’t make me feel emotional, that wasn’t what I wanted to read it for. I was interested in seeing his point of view, which I had heard was quite antisocial, and I’ve achieved that. It’s not the best book I’ve ever read or anything like that, but I do think it was worth reading.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault

ryan_cb's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault