Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

69 reviews

akane_readsyt's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape

s1x0fh03s's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

marsmartis's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder and Death of parent

maddeesryan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

loved it. dandyism, unique, unreliable narrator, semi-autobiographical—how does that semi-autobiographical nature interact with the unreliable narrator? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

justinareads's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

luciau's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Misogyny and Suicide attempt

joahattr'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

ivan_tw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.25

A tough book to rate. On one hand, it says a lot about the human (especially male) condition; why guys act the way they do, their neuroses, their unhappiness, the expectations placed upon them by their families and society, both expectations for themselves and for how the world will work around them. For that reason, it's probably not a bad psychological text.

On the other hand - it's a deeply unpleasant read, and I'm not fully sure if it's unpleasant for the reason Dazai hoped. Yozo, the protagonist, is awful in so many different directions; he's deeply, virulently misogynist, is cursed with a massive chip on his shoulder for those around him who can't recognize his 'genius', gives up almost immediately when things don't go the way he expected, and exhaustingly has an inferiority complex and superiority complex simultaneously. Just reading page after page of his contempt for everyone else in the story disguised as rather weak self-loathing took its toll on me, and as a result it took me a couple months to finish what is a pretty slim book.

It's hard to say if that was Dazai's intention with the novel, or whether his intention should actually matter in this case. Either way, I definitely need a palate cleanser after finishing No Longer Human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

ch1l1peppers's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

two words: HOLY SHIT. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Death of parent