I just can't read Junot Diaz happily. I sluggishly finished "Oscar Wao" when that was published and decided to give this one a chance. But it's just too much work for those of us who (1) know zero Spanish, and (2) don't have any frame of reference for Dominican culture. How am I supposed to care about the characters & story if I don't understand every 8th word? I'm sure there's some awesome "point" to this book, but I can't get past chapter 2 to find out what it is. In short: I guess I'm too white for this book?