Just finished No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai. Did I like it?

Honestly not his best work. I feel that it's only popular for its shock value.

>>9966566
no, that was the point of the book, basically. his self-hatred prevented him from seeing his capacity for compassion. Contrary to popular belief, he isn't exactly a self-insert for Dazai, though the book has autobiographical undertones. He's more like a Stephen Daedelus

>>9966617
Right, and I understand that the epilogue clearly illustrates that point when she calls him a good boy, an angel. I guess my question is more along the lines of, could he have learned to love himself? Or was there a point of no return, where he gets too deep in his self hatred?

>>9966566
the whole books is comment on the industrialation of nippon