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puppygirl_cryptid's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
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
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
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
jennaweston's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book honestly surprised me…in a great way. I fully expecting to hate it. To slog through it. To have a really hard time reading it. But to my surprise, I freaking loved this book. It was such an interesting perspective on life and that feeling of isolation. There were a lot of lines that hit home for me and struck me in an intense way.
What I Liked
- The autobiographical nature of it made it feel caught between a memoir and fiction.
- Having the character look at photos of the boy and then reading the journal entries, very meta, but also gave such an interesting weight to seeing yourself through someone else’s eyes and what they must see in every tiny detail of you.
- The writing — absolutely stunning.
- “I shut away my private anguish in a tiny compartment, keeping my gloom and nervousness secret and putting on a determined show of innocent cheer until, little by little, my transformation into a droll eccentric was complete.”
- Dazai so eloquently captures the feeling of being an outsider and isolation in this book that I haven’t really read or connected with anywhere else. That feeling of putting on a show everywhere you go to be liked, but never really connecting with people on that deeper level.
What I didn’t like
- More like a content warning: it is very dark — this book is not for the faint of heart, as it’s dealing with tough topics like suicide, drugs, and alcoholism.
- Don’t love that he plays such a pivotal role in another girl’s death.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
ammireads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-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
4.0
“from then on, however, I came to hold, almost as a philosophical conviction, the belief: what is society but an individual?”
i would say the book was terribly sad but oddly funny, at times, in its absurdity. the main character seemed to run so much from the idea of “society” of what he believed a human being is like that he somehow got stuck in it. i think, at the end, through it all, his biggest enemy was himself
i would say the book was terribly sad but oddly funny, at times, in its absurdity. the main character seemed to run so much from the idea of “society” of what he believed a human being is like that he somehow got stuck in it. i think, at the end, through it all, his biggest enemy was himself
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
jeany_babes's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Rape
lukes_ramblingwritings66's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
fast-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
5.0
I sit here, after finished reading No Longer Human, or rather "Disqualified to be Human" with a weird sensation. On one end, this was a miserable tale. Understandably so, with it being a semi-autobiographical affair, as Dazai himself may have suffered from CPTSD at a young age and attempted to take his life five times, with the fifth being the final attempt. On the other end, I found brief moments of air, as if after one had their head submerged in water for too long, only to come to the surface at the last minute.
I'm just going to leave it at that. The level of emptiness(?) I feel now will probably stick with me for a while. A very similar feeling after watching Park Chan-Wook's film Oldboy for the first time, albeit, a slightly different context.
I'm just going to leave it at that. The level of emptiness(?) I feel now will probably stick with me for a while. A very similar feeling after watching Park Chan-Wook's film Oldboy for the first time, albeit, a slightly different context.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
vikart's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
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
5.0
I believe that "No Longer Human" can be summed up in 3 words: ironic, comical, tragic.
Ironically enough, the main character of "No Longer Human" is a prime example of what it is to be human and many others have followed a similar path of shame as he has.
Comically enough, the main character never realises how easily he could've continued blending into society. He was naturally smart and good looking, everything society wants, yet he is afraid of being stranded by the same society. They never would have, though, as it was proven time and time again that his actions didn't hinder his ability to create new relationships.
Tragically enough, the main character's life is very closely synonymous as the author writing this, yet this book is not meant to be a memoir.
Ironically enough, the main character of "No Longer Human" is a prime example of what it is to be human and many others have followed a similar path of shame as he has.
Comically enough, the main character never realises how easily he could've continued blending into society. He was naturally smart and good looking, everything society wants, yet he is afraid of being stranded by the same society. They never would have, though, as it was proven time and time again that his actions didn't hinder his ability to create new relationships.
Tragically enough, the main character's life is very closely synonymous as the author writing this, yet this book is not meant to be a memoir.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism
Minor: Rape
mangonana's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt