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ullsumbra's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
cmclean99's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
callme_gchord's review against another edition
3.0
I really did enjoy reading this book, but more so the sections about Oscar's family and Dominican history than the parts about Oscar himself.
moosegurl2's review against another edition
5.0
"Beli at thirteen believed in love like a seventy-year-old widow who's been abandoned by family, husband, children, and fortune believes in God."
jenergy8's review against another edition
4.0
“It’s never the changes we want that change everything.”
huan's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 love the prose, do not like the characters, could’ve been more fleshed out.
voidstar's review against another edition
I was reading the audiobook version and I can't do it. They got a white narrator reading this book about an afrolatino experience, which has him saying the n-word with the hard r every time. Yikes. Shoulda gotten a black narrator.
janeh422's review against another edition
4.0
The epigraph quotes Stan Lee. And that's about as far as I've gotten so far.
obackalbalik's review against another edition
3.0
Read the book in almost one or two sittings, because his writing is really compelling and I enjoyed the historical context that drives the book. I found it hard to overlook his known history of sexual harassment while reading the book. The language and perspectives his character, Yunior, and even Oscar take on about women felt real and violent considering Díaz's own history.