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Junot Diaz is one of the most unique voices in modern literature and this book seems so autobiographical. I loved how strong and and at the same time vulnerable this reads. My only complaint is that it's too short, I was definitely left wanting more. I recommend this to everyone, even if you're a white girl raised in the suburbs you can appreciate the spanish slang, you can appreciate love and loss.
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The thing is, no matter how artfully you tell me the story of the bad boy who keeps screwing around and screwing up his relationships, he's eventually got to be a little redeemed for me to care about his self-pitying pain. And while I was quite drawn in to the relationship between Yunior and his dying-young big brother Rafa, this is a collection of stories about romantic love. And Yunior sucks at romantic love. He's great at seducing, at having affairs, at ...more
The thing is, no matter how artfully you tell me the story of the bad boy who keeps screwing around and screwing up his relationships, he's eventually got to be a little redeemed for me to care about his self-pitying pain. And while I was quite drawn in to the relationship between Yunior and his dying-young big brother Rafa, this is a collection of stories about romantic love. And Yunior sucks at romantic love. He's great at seducing, at having affairs, at ...more
Creative, well written, but didn't grab me.
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