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In looking at the reviews, it seems the guys liked it and the women not as much. Is this mostly a story about an older man reliving his sexual exploits of his younger days?

Kyle I'm about 180 pgs in and so far I'm not impressed. The two main characters are womanizers, sexist, and pretty boring in my opinion. Nestor is overly s…moreI'm about 180 pgs in and so far I'm not impressed. The two main characters are womanizers, sexist, and pretty boring in my opinion. Nestor is overly self-pitying and Cesar is such a flat Don Juan character. The writing style itself is good (apart from a few egregious sexual descriptions such as "they were sitting out on a pier by the sea necking, the head of his penis weeping semen tears") but the plot and characterization is paper thin so far. If the panel of Pulitzer judges wasn't a bunch of old dudes in 1990 I'd be shocked.(less)

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I love this book. The first half is rhythmical in the writing - a love story. The second half is a fairly relaistic view of immigrant life out of the spotlight - how a man succumbs to mediocrty. It was an amazing movie too. And won a Pulitizer. I'm wondering why so many of you don't seem to like it?

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Is it necessary to read Beautiful Maria of my Soul after this?

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