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2666 by Roberto Bolaño

juniperd's review against another edition

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5.0

i really have to think about this one...

abbbooks's review against another edition

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5.0

Всё на свете – сожженная книга, уважаемый господин. Музыка, десятое измерение, четвертое измерение, колыбели, производство пуль и ружей, вестерны – все это сожженные книги. 

Умные речи о романе Роберто Боланьо «2666» вы можете прочитать и послушать и даже посмотреть на просторах интернета, а я здесь просто скажу своё мнение.

Я бы оставила первую часть, невероятно кровавую четвёртую часть и последнюю часть. И слепила бы из них совершенно крутейшую книгу.

На мой взгляд, парочку частей романа «2666» можно спокойно из него выкинуть без потери сути.

Однако! Мне понравилась эта Вселенная: литература, люди, помешанные на литературе, поклонение таинственному писателю, свой выдуманный мир, немецкий язык, секс, девиации, невероятная жестокость и реки крови.

Ужасает и захватывает. 

Европа, Германия, Мексика и даже Россия: роман охватывает множество культур, при прочтении ныряешь в них с головой.

Не спал Иванов, пьяный от славы и водки: он решил отпраздновать свой успех сначала в самых дешевых злачных местах Москвы, а уж потом в Доме литераторов, где отужинал с четырьмя друзьями, которые походили на четырех всадников Апокалипсиса. 

Когда так долго что-то читаешь, роман проживает с тобой жизнь: с «2666» я начала танцевать танго, ездила на похороны мамы (это совпало с прочтением кровавой части, где тоже сплошь одни похороны), переосмыслила всё, что только можно было переосмыслить. В итоге «2666» стал частью меня.

Проникает под кожу. Эта необычная, жестокая история влюбила меня в себя. Странное, рваное повествование помогало забыть обо всём.

Фантастика, просто фантастика – меч предназначения в очередной раз срубил голову гидре случайности!..

Возможно, пора снять розовые очки. Мир во все времена был и остаётся четвёртой частью романа «2666». Жестокость происходит каждый день. Но как и все герои первой, второй, третьей и пятой частей романа, мы до последнего будем делать вид, что это не имеет лично к нам никакого отношения.

mattttrttt's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

fastertojuneau's review against another edition

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5.0

An absolute f—ing masterpiece in every sense of the word; a 893-page labyrinth of five interlocking and open-ended stories, spread across multiple decades, drenched in the grit and grime of time. It will take me years and multiple reads to truly appreciate the entirety of Bolaño’s posthumously-published epic, but once again, I found myself entranced by his uncanny ability to take the reader in multiple directions without ever losing reverence for the weight, even the necessity, of language and the stories we tell ourselves when no one else listens. Without context, the following quote will likely make no sense, but I keep coming back to it as one of many keys by which one can unlock 2666. • “Before Archimboldi left, after they’d had a cup of tea, the man who rented him the typewriter said: ‘Jesus is the masterpiece. The thieves are minor works. Why are they there? Not to frame the crucifixion, as some innocent souls believe, but to hide it.’”

monasterywine's review against another edition

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4.0

man. I just finished this, as the sun is coming up, and I don't know where to begin talking about it or even what I think of it

I had heard very great things about 2666, so imagine my disappointment when the first 200 pages, at least, felt like pulling teeth. it wasn't just that I found the academics dull and pretentious - I knew that was the point - but that the writing itself was so detached, so uninteresting. I forced myself to keep going because I just had to understand what everybody raving about this was talking about. and when I got to part 3, I thought, finally! we're getting somewhere. part 4 was the same, but I still couldn't understand what I was missing. part 5, the final chapter, is so beautiful, and the only part of the book where the characters feel in any way 'real', and even though it alone is over 250 pages long it ended far too soon

this is the point - 'an oasis of horror in a desert of boredom' - and it is a very cool concept at which bolano obviously succeeded, but, even if it exposes my philistinism, I can't help but think that it was not necessary for the desert of boredom to be quite so vast. despite this, I think I agree that this book is a masterpiece. and I'm not entirely sure why, given that I despised 20% (at a very conservative estimate) of it. but I'm so in awe of the concept that I can overlook enjoyment. and that last chapter...

kaleja's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

emjwieser's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book is a literary catacomb of the future. 

bedro's review against another edition

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3.0

'only in chaos are we conceivable'
Im still trying to understand how this book makes me feel, is almost like a massive waterfall that when approached near it dissolves into air. Bolaño is a natural storyteller and that is undeniable, the capacity of encapsulating so many different stories and perspectives in one book is magnificent. However, sadly, the author ended first than the book and the incomplete marks that his death left on the book are more than visible. The pain of the uncertainty, i wish i could see beyond all of that, i wish i had meet you so you could tell me how things end, even tho a part of me knows. I killed this book pushing it down the window, the rain suffocated the pages, i feel better knowing that the end is far.

gretacarrara's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

pbaca515's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0