Book Analysis: No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
Age when I read this book: minor jusme
• likes:
- how the story was told, very nice kaayo kay it started from an author/manga-maker (???) discovering a diary of a man named Yozo Oba then proceeds to describe what he became over the years through the provided snapshots of Yozo Oba.
- first person siya from Prologue to Epilogue
- relatable in the sense of kanang feeling like you’re unfit in society because of anxiety and fear of disappointing people
- depicts being scolded by anyone as even harsher than death and WOULD DO ANYTHING PARA LANG DI MA SCOLDED is so real
- how unique it was like its not everyday you hear about someone commiting suicide 2-3 times??? And managing to survive gihapon which then leads to mc’s mindset na di gyud siya human kay he can’t die like damn
- his first love :((( and him crying over it and getting scarred for life
- THIS IS A SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOK
• dislikes
- the dialogue was all over the place pero maybe because I just read too fast
- misogynistic super like damn, way too much
- the way he describes women :/ (i get na its from trauma but wth)
- Yoshiko (??? Iya wife ni na bata2 pa) my baby, u did not deserve that :(
• favorite character
- Yoza Oba (duh) huhu
- iya first love (forgot the name) she was so important to him and the yearning he had when she died
• favorite scene
- antonym game cuz he mentioned Dostoyevsky and how crime and punishment are antonyms like??????
• rating (as someone who’s young)
- 90/100 cuz it left me scarred, i cried.
