This Is How You Lose Her in DC Public Library

Sep 10, 2012 Tracy rated it did not like it

Shelves: ugh-could-not-finish

I could not finish this book. I really wanted to but I got tired of the voice the book was told in. I got tired of the full and derogatory use of the n word. I got tired of the stereotyping of Dominicans (that fat Dominican ass...) and just the general language. Although this book makes me think of "Drown" in a sense, I was just terribly disappointed. Maybe I'll try to read it again another day, but I wanted so much and go so little. ...more

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Nov 03, 2012 Rachel rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2012

liked it a lot! better than oscar wao, which i also liked. saw diaz the other week for a talk and really enjoyed that, too. although he did same some shit about eugenides 'copying' rushdie, comparing 'middlesex' to 'midnight's children'. not cool. ...more

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Dec 26, 2020 Angela rated it did not like it

This review is specifically for me, to never select a book based on its cover. I had a hard time getting through this. Not only did I feel like I wasted a large portion of my life pushing myself through this, I enjoyed absolutely nothing about this writer's style of writing. The character development was poor at best, and I really wanted to either like or understand someone...anyone in the book. My main complaint...the author's usage of the n-word. Not the slang usage, the actual n-word. I don't ...more

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May 05, 2014 Sam rated it liked it

The vernacular dialogue is stunning, yet the tales within are really depressingly repetitive. Perhaps this chronic infidelity is characteristic of Dominican ex-pats, and not a stereotype propagated by this book.

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Sep 06, 2012 Katie rated it liked it

3.5 stars. Diaz certainly creates some raw and interesting prose, but I wasn't blown away by this work as a whole. If you're new to the author, read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao instead. ...more

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