A Review on The Cheater's Guide to Love
Christine Homeres
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The Cheater's Guide to Love is a short story belonging in a
book written by Junot Diaz released last September 2012 entitled This Is How
You Lose Her, which is a collection of short stories. The book was a finalist
in the 2012 National Book Award. Diaz somehow wanted someone to answer the
questions: How can you find real love and how can you make it last?
Your girl catches you cheating. (Well actually she's your
fiancée, but hey, in a bit it so won't matter.) ... She'll stick around for a
few months because you have been together for a long, long time. Because you
have gone through so much together--her father's death, your tenure madness,
her bar exam (passed on the third take). And because love, real love is not
easily shed." The story is divided into years wherein his ex-fiancée is
always present as if she wants something Yunior to realize. In those six years,
Yunior started to realize what he has done. Each year represented the years of
getting over his ex, which never happened. It is said that he always dreams of
his ex. At the end of Year 6, Yunior reads the book given to him by her 1 month
after their break-up and started to realize his mistakes. He is a writer so he
started writing and writing again. He also think that, "When it hits us
real. The half-life of love is forever."
On my personal opinion, the short story was beyond expected.
It surpassed my expectations. As I thought that it was only one of those
typical infidelity love stories. I recommend people to read this, especially
men, for them to know about that when love is real it changes us for the
better. And people should also read more works of Junot Diaz for he is an
exceptional writer. He does not only write for a work or for a living thus, he
writes with passion and gives us lessons and lets us know more about love, real
love.
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