Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Gagal Menjadi Manusia by Osamu Dazai

232 reviews

softbooknerd's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

Minor: Child abuse

spektriva's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

This was such an interesting reread. I liked the book the first time I read it, but it really bloomed upon reread for me. This time I definitely had a much more critical eye for Yozo’s feelings and thoughts about himself and the world around him, and I was surprised by how personal this felt to me. It’s such an interesting look into how depression and self-hate can color everything around you and lead to self-destructive behaviors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

vklyle99's review against another edition

dark 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Mental illness

chantplant's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I started off liking this book, then hating it, then liking it again so hats off for that! 
The last 2 pages truly made me like Dazai as an author and helped me better see the way he viewed his own situation. 
He acknowledges Yozo as someone who you really shouldn’t feel bad for while also pointing out that he didn’t end up the way he did for no reason. A good person turned vile, I guess 
That being said misogyny is so rampant in this book it’s almost hilarious. Though it fits Yozo’s character a lot as someone who is unable to understand or relate to other people at all no matter the gender.
Honestly those last 2 pages really pulled through for me, it tied everything together so nicely and it’s what make me not ashamed to recommend this book to others. A good read overall!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Suicide attempt

doritamat's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Addiction

shannonheal's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Sexual violence, Self harm, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, and Rape

kj_1429's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

1.0

Tortured man lives in a society 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

est_her's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I am relieved to find i'm no longer mentally ill enough to find comfort in this novel/enjoy it as much as the first time i read it. Yozo starts out as a child having difficulties understanding the people around him and incapable of building genuine connections with other humans. There, his struggles are almost relatable to the reader. As he grows up, Yozo makes so many mistakes, allows so many terrible people to influence him negatively that the main character even completely alienates the reader from himself. Every time it seems he may have a chance to turn his life around, he repeats the same mistakes, each time in a more horrifying manner than before. By the end of the novel, it is so sickening that it qualifies as a horror story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Rape, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Child abuse

chinola's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Rape, and Death

carla20's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed the first half of the story. Yozo was a very introspective and self reflecting character since he was a child, but as he grows older, he seems to burry himself deeper in his own view of the world, and misses that self awareness he had at the beggining of his life. As an adult, he brings nothing but tragedy to the people around him, specially women. His view of women and their role in society revolves around his very limited vision of the world and seems to fundamentally blame women of everything that goes wrong in his life. I found it fascinating that almost everyone around him seemed to exempt him of his faults and put the blame on someone else, but I guess is the consequence of Yozo constantly faking what he really thinks and feels. 
I liked that the final message of the books was that "everything passes".

Even though Yozo's ending was tragic, the overall message that no matter how hard life gets, it will pass, was strangely conforting in a novel so dark.

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I will definitely pick up the author's other books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt