A review by chipsqul
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

challenging dark hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

it astounds me how simply dark and unhuman yozo seems to be. i love how much he wanted to become human but
never actually became one in the end.
he doesn't strive to become something he is not, rather, he explains in great detail how horrible and unhuman he is. i think, in a world full of people pretending to be someone they're not, that's an amazing thing to admit. to explain how raw and dreadful humans can be. at first i was willing to give this only 3.75 stars but after doing research since i saw some reviews or smth that this was a semi-autobiography of dazai's i guess this book started to hold much more meaning. as if it actually is his suicide note. dazai ended up commiting double suicide after the publication of no longer human with his lover tomie yamazaki. both of their bodies were found only on june 19th (which was supposed to be dazai's 39th birthday if he hadn't committed suicide) he just sounds so mysterious i actually want to read all of his written works now. idek why reading about death or smth entices me so much
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