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Rating  - Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
Although different than most books and I suppose in literary circles thought to be intelligently written, I found it depressing, sad, funny and strange. Although I don't read/speak Spanish, some spanish phrases/descriptions written could be deciphered simply by the context of the story itself, but most were undecipherable, leaving one trying to figure out what was going on. The "footnotes" were sometimes too long and onerous to be able to read and still stay with the context of the story. All in all a difficult book to read - with no [personal] satisfaction for having read it.
Rating  - Weird, bad, mad, PC
How did this ever get published? It is just another politically correct anti-American rant, no plot, no good dialogue, no interesting characters, no fun. Avoid.
Rating - Only Read If You Enjoyed "Confederacy Of Dunces"
I got through about a third of this book and decided not to waste any more time. Oscar is about as appealing as Ignatious Reilly in "Confederacy of Dunces". I'm not interested in the rantings and obsessions of social misfits, unless they are insightful and well written, neither of which was the case in this book. Also, Spanish words and phrases are tossed around with the assumption that everyone speaks the language.
Rating - Pulitzer? Surely, you jest..!
Painful read. Grasping for some enlightment here. Well read and a fully bilingual Dominican educator, I cannot comprehend what gives here. Pulitzer prize? Many of the references here seem to never have been checked for historical accuracy or for lingustic legitimacy. The author uses a lot of mispelled dominican jargon and words. Wasn't there someone who actually could write Spanish from the ton of people he thanks for their help and contribution? The trivializing of historical facts and constant joking using far too frequent expletives is ofensive and it diminishes the little value the story or the storytelling might have. The unnecessary and tiresome references to Tolkien, comic books, and fantasy literature is truly irksome after a while. What a waste of talent, really. Who is the intended audience for this book? The author resorts way too many times to regaling us with all this jargon that can only be known to dominicans. What is the merit in that? I would have liked to have seen some of this ability to write go to something less self centered and petulant. I read DROWN too and it is just more of the same. What a shame. It occurs to me that this is literature of the worst kind. Pandering to multiculturalism without really making a point. The story of Oscar Wao would be a great success if it is turned into a film. There are too many people who think that blunt talk about sexuality, ofensive language and violence is the esthetics to which the urban masses should aspire. Shame. Que verguenza.! I do not recommend this book.
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