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A review by thebookhito
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
3.0
The Spanish killed it for me in this book. With that said, I don't mind foreign words in a book as long as they're explained or not too difficult to look up. Some of the words in this book I still do not have a clue what they mean, and I'm probably missing out on a part of the story.
Okay, besides the language, did you enjoy the book?
Not really. It got boring at times when the main guy, Yunior, was only trying to get laid. Luckily, that's not the whole book. (Just a lot of it.) Sex is a very central theme of this book.
It was well written (minus the Spanish) but a lot of it felt like the author wasn't trying. Or that he was saying to himself, "this is thought provoking" when really it wasn't.
Meh. That's how I feel about this book. I'm happy I read something out of my comfort wheel, but I feel like it would have been better spent on another book.
Okay, besides the language, did you enjoy the book?
Not really. It got boring at times when the main guy, Yunior, was only trying to get laid. Luckily, that's not the whole book. (Just a lot of it.) Sex is a very central theme of this book.
It was well written (minus the Spanish) but a lot of it felt like the author wasn't trying. Or that he was saying to himself, "this is thought provoking" when really it wasn't.
Meh. That's how I feel about this book. I'm happy I read something out of my comfort wheel, but I feel like it would have been better spent on another book.