Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

2666, Part 4: The Part About The Crimes by Roberto Bolaño

1 review

kateofmind's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

This kept reminding me of the intervals of litanies of the dead in Sjon's CoDex: 1962 and made me think of how much I'd rather be reading that again instead, but onward I go to the next parte.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement

This section is pretty much just a giant litany of violence against women told after the fact in repetitive, clinical language to powerful but terrible effect. Honestly, I think it could be skipped.