Bookmarked discussion

So there's a lot of Dominican slang in this book and I've managed to find definitions for some but not all. Anybody know what "tutumponte" means? I'll probably be asking for definitions for other words as I read along.

Ok...I don't know if I should start this conversation on a new thread but I just finished the book and I am riddled with questions and comments. First of all, Magdas story. Why is it the first story we read about him? It saddened me because I felt for both parties, one being the guilty party who knew he wasn't a bad guy but who also made a really selfish mistake and one being the girl who is in love with him and can't forgive him or herself for taking him back eventually grow in resentful. Moving on, why does the point of view shift from 1st person to 3rd person during Almas story? I believe it remains that way after that. I feel it represents his detachedness from who he is. In my mind Yunior is a brilliant man who becomes a victim to his circumstance, but who also does not care to learn from his mistakes and perpetuates the age old adage, once a cheater, always a cheater. He is confusing because he is a mixture of low down stereotypical Dominican man and eloquent, intellectual poet who is a hopeless romantic and constantly on a quest for love. He is a man I think he was never meant to be. But then again his actions also suit him perfectly. The tone of Almas story is also very eloquent, literal poetry. The narrator describes the cheating from outside Yuniors mind. As a sort of installation. Also Almas story includes the title phrase: this is how you lose her.