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2666 by Roberto Bolaño

9 reviews

sonnetson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

What a fantastic, ambitious book. This novel, written in five distinct parts, grows in tension up until the great release of its final part. Brutality and the attempts to understand brutality, making peace with that which is impossible to be at peace with: Bolaño plums these depths with precision and mastery. The final two parts in particular are spectacular, horrific (this is one of the hardest, most gruesome books I have yet read). The payoff of the ending is sublime. When I first started this book, I didn't understand its neo-classic distinction; having finished it, I have been converted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Trafficking, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

nwfalens's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Rape, Torture, Violence, Self harm, Suicide, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Gore, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Trafficking

fschmidt2001's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book from start to finish, it had so many insane moments that made it an incredibly interesting read from start to finish - my only criticism is that I wish the ending was a little more flushed out, but the author literally died so thats not even valid criticism. One part I REALLY enjoyed was the descriptions of Archimboldis writing style, and how it almost replicates the style 2666 was written in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, War, Body horror, Police brutality, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Sexism, Pedophilia, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Trafficking, Sexual violence, Gore, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Child death, Cursing, Deportation, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

birdinanairport's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Grief, Blood, Rape, Physical abuse, Classism, Murder, Sexual violence, Death, and Body horror

andykmcc's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Antisemitism, Cancer, Cannibalism, Death, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Classism, Child death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Genocide, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, and War

yaelm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

Good though maddening, hated it and everyone in it as much as I understand it’s a good literary work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Police brutality, Gun violence, Ableism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Racism

getradified's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The Part About the Crimes is one of the most challenging things I have ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Police brutality, War, Murder, Gore, Homophobia, and Rape

mmcloe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Oh my god

I'm going to have to come back later and review this more fully after I have more time to digest everything. I don't know how to rate something like this.

A diary of total breakdown - academic, personal, artistic, legal, moral, discursive collapse of modern society. There's some respite and hope in huddling together and embracing the small pleasures of the senses, but not a ton. I'm reminded a lot of Delany's Dhalgren and Anzaldua's Borderlands. I'm left facing the ghost of Christmas future; is this a picture of what will be, or what may be? 

Also all the true crime podcast listeners need to read this, especially the part about the crimes (one of the only sections of a novel I had to put down entirely). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, War, and Homophobia

themysteriouserk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

5.0

Though it’s often considered unfinished due to Bolaño’s death, and though it’s so often found on the shelves of people who just want to look like they’re smarter than you, it’s in my opinion one of the greatest novels ever written. Its often absolutely repulsive subject matter definitely means it’s not a book for everyone, but also makes the terror of imperialism and the complicity of ordinary people in terrible violence feel real and close in a way few other books manage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and War