Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

El declive by Osamu Dazai

45 reviews

clemrain's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

It’s simply a beautiful book. I really savoured it. Enjoyed every page. 

Characters are a delicious soup. So deep and yet so simple. 

The writing is so dreamy. And I’ve never read a structure like this. I loved reading what was practically Kazuko and Naoji’s diaries and collection of letters. It was intimate and I felt for and understood the characters deeply.

A whole story revolving the love you feel for a mother and how a child is always just a child. The identity and connection and ties to a mother. I appreciated it.

I saw a lot of typos in the translation. And thought some of it was awkwardly written. I wonder how true to the original these typos or awkwardness was.

I’m not sure if I could read through this again.  But I do feel an urge to. Looking forward to reading more Dazai.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and War

octavia_58's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage and War

nolongerhuman_'s review against another edition

challenging sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Alcoholism, Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and War

marianasreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: War

wiktoria_bojda's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

gaugedgage's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Alcohol

196books's review against another edition

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Child death and War

nastyreefer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A very interesting portrayal of opinions of dignity, practices of pride and living with shame. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicide

slimb14's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Masterpiece. Must Read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

solliereads's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Another beautifully written novel on Dazai's part; I got to this novel through my absolute enjoyment of No Longer Human, and I very much enjoyed the same kind of introspective narrative style in The Setting Sun. The descriptions are so vivid and lovely, and he has such a knack of portraying human nature with such a compelling rawness that you just can't put the book down. I will definitely have to re-read this someday to really process everything this novel is attempting to convey, and I will certainly enjoy it just as much then.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide