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Jun 15, 2009
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Pues nada, gastando premios de manera desafortunada...
Divertida a veces (aunque me pierdo con los localismos más de lo que debería), a veces trágica (otra más, y van...), y entretenida. Pero desde luego, no es un novelón.
Divertida a veces (aunque me pierdo con los localismos más de lo que debería), a veces trágica (otra más, y van...), y entretenida. Pero desde luego, no es un novelón.
An interesting mix of character exploration and Dominican History. What makes our identities and are we prisoners to our history? Also having attended Rutgers it was nice to read a book partially set there.
I'd like to give this book a 4.5, because I more than really liked it, but it wasn't quite amazing. This is one of the most unique books I have read in a long time. Although I thought I was getting into a book mainly about a nerdy, overweight man with roots from the Dominican Republic, there are many more layers within. The book delves into his family, history of the Dominican Republic, this "fuku" which seems to haunt his family, all the while being narrated by someone who does not appear until
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Good things first....Ok, it definitely was very different from what I was expecting...and different in a good way. I enjoyed the references to Dominican history (which I didn't know anything about). And my favourite story was probably Yunior's.
Overall I like the book, but I felt it dragged to much for me. I would skip a few pages and he'd still be describing some tree/person/place...which for me I find boring.
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Overall I like the book, but I felt it dragged to much for me. I would skip a few pages and he'd still be describing some tree/person/place...which for me I find boring.
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A good book. I'm surprised it won a pulitzer though.
Don't you just HATE evil dictators?
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Don't you just HATE evil dictators?
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A standout novel purely for it authentic and unique voice alone; but amazing for so many other reasons! You don't need me wax poetic about them - check the reviews here on Goodreads alone. It's been a New York Times Bestseller and a Pulitzer Prize winner to boot. Loved it.
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Way late to the party on this one.
But this book is just astonishing.
But this book is just astonishing.
Absolutely wonderful for nerds and non-nerds alike!!!
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