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Aug 25, 2023alyshavictoriaann rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This was fast read, which I appreciated! I thought it had sweet moments, and I liked it overall, but it didn't leave a profound impact on me. I found the random perspective shift in the middle a little jarring.
Dec 11, 2020joe_strnad rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Take your partner for granted and be dishonest about the important stuff - that will definitely justify her in leaving your sorry ass - lessons from "This Is How You Lose Her." I wanted to like this collection of short stories more, but…
Aug 13, 2018miriamdS12345 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Trashy, uninspiring.
Jul 27, 2018RogerDeBlanck rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This Is How You Lose Her is another blast of ingenious storytelling from the talented Junot Diaz. In 1997 he walloped the literary landscape and established his name as a meteoric presence with Drown, a collection of gritty stories…
alexkiki1
Sep 13, 2017
my sister has that book and she wants to check it out.
Jul 25, 2017LPL_EliH rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Diaz grapples with toxic masculinity, writing about love, mistakes, and the unflattering and unfair things people do when they're led by emotion. For some readers, the sordid-macho perspective is too much of a turn off. That's fair. There…
Sep 09, 2016ArapahoeBethW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Hide your sisters and daughters, it's the return of Yunior. It's almost as if he swaggered straight out of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, taking center stage in his own collection of disastrous love stories. Diaz does brilliant job…
Jul 11, 2016elizali rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Diaz uses common vernacular in beautiful rhythm that causes his writing to be raw and visceral. This book is sensual and the stories add depth to each other, as well as his other work. This is the first Diaz book I've read and I will…
Jun 04, 2016TSCPL_ChrisB rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It's easy to dismiss Diaz as a womanizing jerk given the subject matter of his novels. This one is no different. I wasn't sure what to think of Diaz myself until I met him. And once you can separate the author from the character, it's much…
May 28, 2015RadicalBradacal rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I cannot get enough of Junot Diaz's writing. Emotional, simple, powerful, raw.
Dec 06, 2014Lucky_Luke rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
If you are in the mood for male angst. Unique voice, great accomplishment.
BCD2013
May 12, 2014
NYPL Staff Pick A collection of stories, a womanizing New Jersey Dominican reflects on his romantic adventures. - Selection Team
Apr 30, 2014
Very interesting set of intertwined short stories. Language and settings more suitable for an older audience.
Apr 12, 2014uncommonreader rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Certainly these short stories are very well written, but why celebrate infidelity and this aspect of Dominican culture?
Apr 07, 2014Ecordero4 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Awesome read! I was captivated from the first chapter. A little vulgar but it makes the whole story come to life. The Spanish inserts as well make you feel the culture around Yunior. Not a male read at all women to should read it too,…
christinafullofgrace
Jan 12, 2014christinafullofgrace rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I read Oscar Wao and from there wanted to read the rest of Diaz' works. I will say although the language was vulgar I thought it suited the context it was in. I'm a woman by the way and I didnt find it a book only males would be…
Jan 05, 2014lukasevansherman rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Junot Diaz's latest returns to the familiar territory of his debut short story collection, "Drown." These are earthy, sometimes vulgar stories of love, sex and all the ways it can go wrong. I agree with one of the commentators, that it's a…
Dec 03, 2013janetplanet9 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
My Shawnee staff pick for June/July 2013.
Nov 27, 2013HujeBohoc rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This collection of interconnected stories gets better and better as you go on. When you finish the last story, you feel like you're parting with someone you have known for a long time.
munchkin2003
Oct 26, 2013
soft cover preferred
Sep 12, 2013stevie22 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
When I first started reading the book I thought, "Oh no, what have I picked up". That was likely because he swears a lot in the stories. Once I got over that I really enjoyed his writing style and especially enjoyed his Spanglish…
theorbys
Aug 27, 2013theorbys rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Diaz is indisputably a master of language, but his pyrotechnics seem to me to get in the way of the stories. The stories themselves are interesting to a point, brimming with a certain charm, but also mental and emotional squalor,…
Aug 25, 2013tocch101 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A great mix of stories on love and life and what it means to grow up. Enjoyed the book immensely.
jbbutterfly3
Aug 02, 2013jbbutterfly3 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Not a fan of this one. It's confusing and unorganized. Story lines and characters lack development. It felt like the author's journal and a publisher's rush for a follow-up book.
Jul 31, 2013treze rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
As a Dominican-American woman who was born and raised in Boston, now based in Cambridge (Hrvd Sq), 'This is How You Lose Her' is a picture perfect depiction of Dominican men and woman (to an extent) in this country. The culture that…