Decco

Yeah, no, I'm good. No way. Grossest book I've ever read, and I'm done with that. No way. So many lines were crossed and I feel violated. I need six bleach showers to feel close to being clean.

With each chapter given a short philosophical question followed by a constructive, detailed response, these little bite-sized thought experiments really remind me of a modern day "Meditations" but collected as a whole by different philosophers, where you can just sit down and think about one of the answers and questions for a while.

There were actually many things I liked about this book. I related a lot from the content of what Dazai put, specifically around hiding emotions for different reasons. But the most notable thing I enjoyed was how random it was. In a sense, it's about Dazai's life, specifically like how No Longer Human is, and the author/main character is supposed to be him, in mid-sentence in the book, he'll rewrite it, or actually tell the reader to forget what was written down, as if this book is simply just a diary.

Master of caricature! I think I'm finally losing patience with myself. Is this a dime novel or what? I had hoped for this scene to serve as something of an antidote for my tense nerves, and for yours too, dear reader, but that last bit was way too cheesy. If this book does become a classic - goodness, have I lost my mind?

Just as the title says, just small stories about people from a neighborhood, with some characters interlocking through other stories as in real life. The stories don't need to make sense all the time or be thoroughly complete, as, like in real life, most of the time we only get one small piece of a seemingly larger puzzle we know nothing about.

An incredible metaphor for a family - and essentially a group of people - swallowing themselves alive when left to their own devices, trapped for years in an attic. While both sad and sometimes depressing, Anne's story also gives inspiration and hope, as, in a sense, she still survived even after her death to this day. She spoke of wanting to be a writer, and how she wanted to touch others' lives - but wondered if anyone would find the writings of a young girl interesting, or even a story about people living in an Annex.

She still lives, it's important, it's inspiring.

Me sobbing over the last pages of this book: MAKTUB DX

WHAT in the name of eugenics IS THIS?!

Bloody, gory, and beautifuly written, the brutal remaster of King Arthur was definetly something I didn't know I needed in my life.

Man, I'm with Cain on this one.

Essentially a book about a maturing teenager psychopath's daily life. That's it.

That is until the last two chapters of the book that essentially hog tied me, put an apple in my mouth and roasted me evenly over a fire until I was evenly cooked.

Almost as a collection footnotes from Marcus himself, the entire book almost fits as an approach as to how to be an adult. I felt as if this book alone taught me how to be a man in it's ways to think.

Honestly one of the best philosophy books I've ever read. I highlighted so many different paragraphs that I loved, and learning so much only made me want to dive deeper into the subject. Not only that, I think it's a very important book to read, as it teaches you about critical thinking, how to make good arguments, listen well, and become a better person.

What the FUCK did I just read, and WHERE is the bleach for my eyes and brain?!

This book had no right to make me sob as many times as it did

This is literally just how my brain works in a day to day setting. Hey, while approaching an escalator, let's think about the military I bought and how I could've handled that interaction differently.

Suffering... endless suffering...

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Holy GOD I wanted to crawl through the book and shake her by the shoulders and scream it!!!

Very interesting and well informed with it's history, influences into modern culture, and how the science evolved overtime. However, the way explained was fairly dull and dry. It was like enjoying a new flavor of jam on a piece of dried out burnt toast.

GASP! She was with a gay guy the WHOLE TIME!

I should not have picked this book up thinking it would help with my father issues - I cried more times in an hour for the first time in eight years. Thanks, Kafka.

A thrilling splatterpunk book - may have been gory and gross for the sake of being gory and gross, but damn, reading this while listening to The Substance soundtrack was a mood.

I have an interesting story behind this book before my review starts. When I first learnt about the Holocaust when I was about fourteen by looking around on Wikipedia, and I went to my mom asking if she knew what it was, she pivoted, and looked like "It's time for the talk." After a brief lesson on what the Holocaust was, she told me, "You're skipping school tomorrow and coming to the mall with me."

She bought me Night and just simply told me to read it that day. I started in the ride home, and never stopped this memoir. As you're reading it, and you're reading it as if you're experiencing it for the first time, I see why my mom bought it for me the very next day I asked about the Holocaust and what happened.

In my opinion, I think this is one of the most vital books about the Holocaust that's ever been written, and it's one everyone needs to read at least once in their entire lives.