The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
Taste attributes: dramafamilyhistoricalcomedyfresh & originalrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadsself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeExpect an inventive, emotional novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.6 / 5
36 ratings
About This Book
Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuku - the curse that has haunted his family for generations.
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- Author
- Junot Díaz
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 347
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- Open Library
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