The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

I finished this audio book. However, there were times I was distracted and wasn't listening. There were times I walked away and came back, but did not rewind. I didn't need to rewind. The book was way too long. I had to renew the book, because I couldn't stand to pick it up often. A majority of the book was boring. There was a little section at the beginning of the 2nd part that was slightly interesting. The end was just O.K. But the author had a really hard time letting go of the story. The ending was what I would call a double ending. The author basically ended the book, and then kept going, so he had to end it again.

In general, I asked myself, Why?
First, why did so many people give it good reviews? Does this author have some sort of social network that would love anything he does?
Why would someone spend so much time writing so many pages about so little?
Why did the author need to use foul and politically incorrect language much of the time?
Why would anyone care to read about Oscar Wao?

I read over 65 books this year, from several different genre. A majority of the books I gave three to five stars. I don't give one or two stars frequently.
I always attempt to read books to the end and not give up. And even though I finished it, this is one I wanted to stop less than one-third of the way through.
My thoughts - don't waste your time.