A review by booksaurus98
The Cheater's Guide to Love by Junot Díaz

emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

...love,real love, is not so easily shed'

The writing is electric.

A longterm relationship comes to a grinding hault after the narrators fiance find his collection of emails attesting to 6 years worth of constant cheating. Yunior moves back to Boston and leans on his best friend,Elvis, for support. The years come and go, but he can't seem to shake the failure of his relationship and can't seem to learn much from it either.

Yunior is smart, grimy, self-pitying and frequently misogynistic, but his voice is ultra compelling. One of the better Faber short stories I've read and has made me want to read more of the author's writing.