I have conflicting thoughts. It is very well written and in a way gripping. I couldn't stop reading it. It's dark. It's character driven and follows the protagonist, Oba Yoso, into an emotional roller coaster of depression, suicide, alcoholic, drug addiction and more. The character is well developed, an unlikeable being, selfish, useless who has lost the will to live, but who keeps living on the expenses of others.
So, what's not to like? Well, I read the novel as a cold, distant observer. Couldn't engage or empathise with the protagonist nor hate him. I wasn't dragged into the protagonist's dark hole. Something was missing. .... hmm oh, got it, Yoso was No Longer Human. It makes sense now!!!
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