I thought this was a fun read--both sassy and pathetic at the same time. Wish I knew more Spanish.

This is porn. I don't recommend.

Much better as you get into the book...short stories about a Dominican Republic family - two brothers and their relationships with women. Not pretty but a good read nonethless.

Introduced in Junot Díaz's debut, Drown, and fleshed out in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the Dominican-born, New Jersey-raised Yunior de las Casas takes centre stage in this collection of interconnected short stories. Haunted by memories of his long-absent father and coping with the terminal illness of his beloved older brother Rafa, Yunior, a talented writer, compulsively pursues - and discards - women. But though he hasn't necessarily matured as he's aged, with his signature combination of wit, self-deprecating charm, and self-delusion, he's hard to dislike. For a penetrating character study of a flawed but sympathetic man, don't miss This is How You Lose Her. Fiction A to Z newsletter March 2013.

I was so excited when I checked this book out, but was thoroughly disappointed... The shorter stories were easier to bear but the longer ones dragged on forever. I'm just waiting for Diaz to publish another novel. "This is how you lose her" and "drown" were both disappointments, which is really too bad since "the breif wondrous life of oscar wao" is really amazing. I wouldnt recommend his short stories, but definitely recommend Oscar Wao.

very disappointed. all the stories seem to be told in the same whiny tone. i returned the book after i had read the third story. it would also help to have a spanish/english glossary included with the book.

started reading it with expectation but sadly I was disappointed and bored by the end of the 4th story. They had a sameness about them that lacked any sense of reality and didn't even display a vivid imagination, which is always necessary when reality is suspended.

I love Diaz's brassy style which communicates not only a culture and a people but so many emotions: from love and anger to homesickness and cockiness. The reader gets pulled into an environment so familiar and yet unique, which reaches out across language and nationality. Not all stories are equal, in my mind, but all of them do have a gem, a lesson on life: from Rafa's illness to Elvis's lost son, these stories aren't just about sex, but about the complexities of relationships be they marital, filial or romantic. A quick read, but a potent one.

Diaz’s stories are electric, crackling with energy that seems to rise off the page. At the center of all but one story is Yunior: smart, raunchy and essentially clueless about women. As well as incredibly funny. Here’s Yunior on his mother: “She’d never been big on church before, but as soon as we landed on cancer planet she went so over-the-top Jesucristo that I think she would have nailed herself to a cross if she'd had one handy." Brilliant, accessible and fresh. LauraADPPL/WeAreSpartacus

Stories of love culminating in The Cheater's guide to love in which the narrator tries to win back his girl (including taking her to New Zealand to walk on the beach where The Piano was filmed). Diaz writes like a dream.