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A review by lalawoman416
2666 by Roberto Bolaño
3.0
Because it's 900+ pages, by a Chilean author, about femicide in Mexico, it's been deemed amazing. It's not. It's overly long, overly rambling, overly pretentious. It feels like it's trying to be a David Lynch film but wildly failing.
It's split into five books. We don't even get to Mexico until the end of Book 1. Until then, you're forced to endure the minutiae of four intellectuals pontificating about their sex lives. Skip it. The second book isn't any better. Another professor, another book full of hodge podge. The third book was amazing. Felt much more like Fear and Loathing. Loved Oscar and Rosa. The fourth book felt like a non-stop reading of the list of the dead intermixed with some romance. This is the only time the femicides are directly described. The final book tried to tie everything together and failed. Read books 3 & 4. Skip the rest.
It's split into five books. We don't even get to Mexico until the end of Book 1. Until then, you're forced to endure the minutiae of four intellectuals pontificating about their sex lives. Skip it. The second book isn't any better. Another professor, another book full of hodge podge. The third book was amazing. Felt much more like Fear and Loathing. Loved Oscar and Rosa. The fourth book felt like a non-stop reading of the list of the dead intermixed with some romance. This is the only time the femicides are directly described. The final book tried to tie everything together and failed. Read books 3 & 4. Skip the rest.