BOOK REVIEW: DROWN BY JUNOT DIAZ

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Title: Drown
Author: Junot Diaz
Published: 1995
Language: English
Pages: 208
Rating: 3/5

Summary:

This is a short story collection, containing ten coming of age stories that move from the Dominican Republic to New Jersey.

Review:

This was pretty good, although I'll admit for some reason I wasn't really in the mood for this and so enjoyed it a little less than perhaps I could have.

All of the stories in here are interlinked and most of them follow the same characters, which I really liked; we get to revisit characters at different times in their lives and that allows us a better understanding of where they come from and why they are the way they are. We explore familial relationships, the experience of growing up and carrying everything that's happened to you with you. 

I think the writing style in here is good, if a little unrefined (although it might be that it's supposed to be that way). I'd actually really like to read something else by this author, maybe some of his later work and in longer format, because I think that although the characters bring these stories together, the stories felt a little jumbled to me.

The themes in particular are very interesting in this one and what I liked the most. I'm glad I read this and I'll check out more of this authors work and see if I like it. 

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