A review by icox
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

It was a good book—definitely a bit challenging because of the code switching/translanguaging/Spanglish but it’s my own fault I don’t know Spanish so I obviously didn’t mark the book down for that. I enjoyed learning about Trujillo and the history I didn’t learn in school. The characters are complex.

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