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aichaa's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
damn, he's dramatic, huh. R rated jughead fr
also he's all like "women are a different species from men, they make no sense, they're inherently uninteresting and difficult, blah blah blah" and then "i never pay attention to what a woman's saying" ????? THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM
also he's all like "women are a different species from men, they make no sense, they're inherently uninteresting and difficult, blah blah blah" and then "i never pay attention to what a woman's saying" ????? THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Forced institutionalization
Minor: Rape
serenspace's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Suicide attempt
radiobreadd'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
strawberrygrapejelly's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
I picked up this book after reading a few chapters of Junji Ito's depiction of it, which in, in my opinion, illustrated the damage Dazai suffered at the hands of his abusers in a very profound way.
I finished this in one go. Hard not to. There is a darkness that is unique to this book, and it is compelling.
But can I be real with you?
I definitely think my life is not better for reading this.
And I would not recommend anyone read it.
I didn't learn or gain a damn thing. Let me explain.
People often act like if you don't read this you're missing out/are deliberately sheltering yourself, but I think that shows their own immaturity and lack of life experience and perhaps even their inexperience with literature? I'm ranting but people also think it somehow makes them so enlightened lmao to "be able to" look past the horrific levels of misogyny that stemmed from his horrific and fucked up life experience no one should ever go through (SAed as a child at the hands of women ). It is not "missing out" to not want to read about an abused person becoming an abuser if you already understand the mechanisms in place. The MC also inflicted profound levels of violence and damage on his victims.
And guess what? All of this? Extremely, unfortunately, common and even mundane. All of it.
Sure, you could possibly gain perspective from this if you're like 15 and untouched by the world. But if you've lived any amount of real adult life, the perspective offered here is not extremely unique and not much more than a BEYOND extremely depressing and disturbing reminder of what victims go through, including Dazai, and including his victims, and how ugly humanity can be.
His depiction of the brain fog and extreme darkness that happens when you're suicidal/ near suicidal is also very accurate and no I will not elaborate. But is it worth reading the book?
I'll also say no to this.
I'm repeating myself, but this story is not unique. A story does not have to be unique, but again, people getting up in arms about people not enjoying this book probably don't realize either of those things.
It's not a bad book. It's also not worth the read. Again, I genuinely
I wish the NLH/Dazai glazers understood the following.
A book can incite a lot of feeling and not be good. A book can accurately describe the depths of human darkness, which this book absolutely does, and not be good. A book being damaging to the soul does not make it good. It just makes it damaging to the soul.
Now if you read all this and value this book for those things, you're entitled to your opinion.
But plenty of people do not love this book but also fully understand it. End of rant that definitely did not get written because of the braindead, unnuanced take I see everywhere that you're missing out because you want to avoid the, AGAIN, very awful and unfortunately realistic content of the book. Imagine telling a woman who has suffered violence at the hands of man that she could learn something from this book. Or even a woman who has had to to witness it happen to others. Chances are she already has.
I finished this in one go. Hard not to. There is a darkness that is unique to this book, and it is compelling.
But can I be real with you?
I definitely think my life is not better for reading this.
And I would not recommend anyone read it.
I didn't learn or gain a damn thing. Let me explain.
People often act like if you don't read this you're missing out/are deliberately sheltering yourself, but I think that shows their own immaturity and lack of life experience and perhaps even their inexperience with literature? I'm ranting but people also think it somehow makes them so enlightened lmao to "be able to" look past the horrific levels of misogyny that stemmed from his horrific and fucked up life experience no one should ever go through (
And guess what? All of this? Extremely, unfortunately, common and even mundane. All of it.
Sure, you could possibly gain perspective from this if you're like 15 and untouched by the world. But if you've lived any amount of real adult life, the perspective offered here is not extremely unique and not much more than a BEYOND extremely depressing and disturbing reminder of what victims go through, including Dazai, and including his victims, and how ugly humanity can be.
His depiction of the brain fog and extreme darkness that happens when you're
I'll also say no to this.
I'm repeating myself, but this story is not unique. A story does not have to be unique, but again, people getting up in arms about people not enjoying this book probably don't realize either of those things.
It's not a bad book. It's also not worth the read. Again, I genuinely
I wish the NLH/Dazai glazers understood the following.
A book can incite a lot of feeling and not be good. A book can accurately describe the depths of human darkness, which this book absolutely does, and not be good. A book being damaging to the soul does not make it good. It just makes it damaging to the soul.
Now if you read all this and value this book for those things, you're entitled to your opinion.
But plenty of people do not love this book but also fully understand it. End of rant that definitely did not get written because of the braindead, unnuanced take I see everywhere that you're missing out because you want to avoid the, AGAIN, very awful and unfortunately realistic content of the book. Imagine telling a woman who has suffered violence at the hands of man that she could learn something from this book. Or even a woman who has had to to witness it happen to others. Chances are she already has.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
cuucmber's review against another edition
dark
informative
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism
hildayay's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Han bara verkligen hatar kvinnor, och det är liksom hela handlingen. Såklart fint skrivet på sina ställen och beskrivningen av den bottenlösa olyckan men framförallt kvinnohat.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
sugessie's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
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
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
nehakhanalreads's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, and Alcohol
Moderate: Rape
jaspercanread's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
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
2.75
I am not empathetic to sad emotionless misogynists
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Vomit and Abandonment
fishreads'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
2.0
I seriously didn't get what this guy's problem was, except being an entitled spineless brat with zero redeeming qualities. But apparently this book is second most sold book in Japan, what am I not getting here?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse and Rape
Minor: Suicide and Death of parent