prettyliteraryy's Reviews (294)

I loved the beginning of this book, the explanation of how waking up feels like was so interesting and kinda spot on. This was a good way of checking out if I like Osamu Dazai's writing, so I'm definitly going to read more by him in the near future. 

Though I have to say, the female protagonist thinking women are gross makes this not perfect, it screams male author writing women and I hate to see it every time. The slight misogyny... happens way too often.

I cried. In public.

I didn‘t really enjoy reading this but it‘s been a year and I still think about it on a regular basis which makes me think I should reread it. 

Also the part were he explains why he calls the sea la mar instead of el mar like the younger men, lives rent free in my head. I mean I’m even considering getting a tattoo related to that quote.