I would be hard pressed to think of someone who I pity more than Yozo. My main struggle while reading was the decision of whether this was a worthy of pity or general disdain. He is his own worst enemy, perhaps we all are, but for him it is staggering how much he sabotaged himself throughout his life.

Whatever the fault is though, this is a person whose psyche is damaged far beyond repair. While the decisions he made were his own, this was never a person of sound mind to begin with. A fantastic look into the mind of someone suffering so much that they convince themselves they are no longer worthy of being human, but it is incredibly tragic that a book like this could ever be written in first place.