Reviews tagging 'Racism'

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

4 reviews

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

orange_splice's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Medical content, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

It was a product of its time, unfortunately. Consistent, but brief, sexist stereotypes mentioned throughout the book (The main character saying that women enjoyed doing domestic chores handed to them, calling them emotional and complicated a lot.) Near the beginning, there's a weird mention of the main character doing an 'Indian Dance' jokingly in a loin cloth as a child. It's also mentioned, briefly, that the main character is repeatedly sexually assaulted by women around him from the time he is a child to the end of the book. The most triggering parts of the book are

the main character's alcoholism, reaction to his wife getting raped, and his morphine abuse which are explored in more detail.

shonarpakhi's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-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

agonising. just ~175 pages of endless and inescapable and constant submersion in a water torture chamber of the depths of human misery, yet without the gratuity you'd expect given such a summary. i think the framing device is what really makes this novel outstanding amidst others of its genre; it's what haunts me and will make me come back repeatedly to evaluate the judgments i make of it. there's also a fascinating (horrific and depressing) gender reading of this i'd like to explore given time. i don't recommend reading it in one sitting, but i do recommend multiple readings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racism

kashima's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment