Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

26 reviews

ixxy's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

A classic of Japanese literature.

I've read this in both Japanese in English, and can confirm that the translation by Donald Keene is quite faithful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

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

grizzlysnack's review against another edition

dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

k_kris'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

piinkfairy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse

dbuoih's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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

3.0

Funny. And very misogynistic but I would juxtapose it to Mishima's Life For Sale, a book I recently read that was rife with heroic displays of sexism and insecure men competing with one another. The misogyny in No Longer Human is more a symptom of the character's illness, and not displayed as a great, masculine quality to have. 

Accurate to the experience of a deep suffering. When seen from an aerial view, many of these passages are hyperbolic. Hilariously so. Experiencing such despair that everything is a slog, it becomes a humorous miserable skit with oneself.
I don’t believe Ito’s adaptation did it justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death of parent