The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I'd heard so many great things about this novel that I think it would be a little surprising if I wasn't a little underwhelmed. I appreciate the writing style--even if the Spanglish made it tough to completely understand--it worked better if I just let the words wash over me instead of trying to parse the words out. The footnotes were also well-used to tell us the actual history of the DR and Trujillo. It's an everyday story with fantastic elements and while I didn't connect with any of the characters, and it was a sad story full of violence and cruelty, it did have enough hopefulness and compassion to make it worth it. If I didn't connect with the characters, it helped me have an appreciation for the history of the DR.
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